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March 31, 2010 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was inserting a split-set bolt in the rib when a loose piece of quartz from the vein (back) fell onto his hard hat and cut and scratched his face. The vein is highly oxidized and fractured near a fault.

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