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EE WAS SCALING DOWN LOOSE ROCK FROM HIGH ON RIB WALL. WHEN LOOSE ROCK DISLODGED, HIS MOMENTUM TOOK HIM FORWARD UNDER THE ROCK. THE LOOSE ROCK CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WAS TAKEN TO H OSPITAL AND XRAYS SHOWED NO FRACTURES. SHOULDER WAS BRUISED AND RESULTED IN RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMP WAS CLEANING OUT LIFTER HOLE TO INSTALL COLLAR PIPE. HE WAS BENT OVER AND A ROCK PEELED OFF OF THE FACE FROM ABOUT 10' HIGH AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD FORCING HIM TO THE GROUND. WHE HE HIT HE LACERATED ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE AND UPPED LIP & LOST ONE TOOTH.