EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO LOAD BACK HOLES WHEN A SLAB OF ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD & RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A LACERATION ON THE SCALP ABOVE THE RIGHT EAR REQU IRING 5 STITCHES. DISLOATED RIGHT SHOULDER & SEVERAL SMALL ABRASIONS ON RIGHT ARM.
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Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN FRESH BLAST WHEN A ROCK CAME OUT OF BACK AND HIT HIM ON LOWER BACK.
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object
BARRING DOWN MINER SLIPPED FELL SLAB BROKE LOOSEINJ LEG
Oracle Ridge Mining Partners · Struck by falling object
EE WAS BARRING DOWN IN THE DRIFT AFTER A BLAST, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME OFF OF THE RIB NEXT TO WHERE HE WAS STANDING STRIKING HIM 9IN THE LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.
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