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Employee was working in #1 shaft, standing on the work deck for #2 hoist. A piece of rock was falling down the shaft and ricocheted off a divider into the work deck. The rock landed on top of an employees hard hat causing a laceration to the top of the employees head.
While scaling 1/9/2010, an employee brought down loose scale that bounced & struck his leg. First Aid was given, an 'abrasion' was reported, but no Medical Aid was sought. Two weeks later (1/26/2010) the wound became infected & required medical aid including a prescription making it a reportable incident. We adjusted the miner's duty to allow for additional care while healing.