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CONTRACTOR AND MINE SUPT WERE ON MUCK PILE THAT HAD BEEN SHOT TWO DAYS PREVIOUS. THEY WERE INSPECTING THE FACE AND DEPTH OF BOOT HOLES. CONTRACTOR WAS REACHING ABOVE HIS HEAD TO BRACE HIMSELF AGAINST FACE WHEN FOUR OR FIVE SOFTBALL TO BASKETBALL SIZE ROCKS BEGAN TO FALL. CONTRACTOR TRIED TO AVOID BEING STRUCK AND WAS HIT IN THE BACK AND KNOCKED DOWN ON MUCK PILE. CONTRACTOR RECEIVE
I.NAME SCALING WHEN ROCK FELL HITTING ARM AND LEG CAUSING SCRATCHES AND SORE LEG.
A CUT THAT EE HAD ON HIS ARM FROM A ROCK, LATER BECAME INFECTED.
ROCK FELL OUT OF MUD SEAM CEILING & STRUCK EMPL ON HEEL WHILE HE WAS GETTING INTO BACK OF SERVICE TRUCK. HE WAS KNEELING WITH LEFT LEG EXTENDED PARTIALLY OVER EDGE WHEN ROCK HIT HIS HEEL & RAC KED LEG ACROSS BED OF TRUCK.