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EMPLOYEE ADN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE (WITNESS) WERE INSTALLING CHAIN BINDERS ON LOADED TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON ICY ROAD. EMPLOYEE & WITNESS WERE PRYIGN DOWN ON BOOMER WHEN CHAIN LINK MOVED TH ROWING EMPLOYEE AND WITNESS OFF BALANCE. EMPLOYEE FELL ON BACK AND WITNESS LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ONTOP OF EMPLOYEE.
EMPL STRUCK VALVE TO OPEN IT TO BLEED OFF PRESSURE ONWATER JACK TANK & FILLER VALVE BLEW OFF & STRUCK HIM IN HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING STEEL OUT OF A HOLE. STEEL HUNG UP IN MACHINE. EMPLOYEE TOOK A PIPE WRENCH WITH A BROKEN HANDLE TO TAP IT BACK IN LINE. HE INADVERTENTLY PLACED HIS FINGE R BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND UPPER JAW EXTENSION. WHEN HE STRUCK THE STEEL HE BROKE HIS FINGER.
WHILE HITTNG HUNG UP STEEL WITH AN AXE TO FREE IT UP, A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE AXE BROKE OFF AND BECAME LODGED IN THE KNUCKLE ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMPL WAS JACKING TRAILER DOWN TO HITCH ON TRUCK. JACK SLIPPED CAUSING HANDLE TO SNAP UP PINNING LEFT THUMB BETWEEN HANDLE & JACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A 3/4' ROPE WITH A KNIFE. HE PULLED UP ON THE ROPE FOR MORE LENGTH. THE ROPE WAS TANGLED UP ON HIS FOOT, HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE ROPE AND INTO THE KNIFE.
ATTEMTPING TO RERAIL 12-B MUCKER.BUCKET WAS CAUGHT ON SIDE OF ORE CAR BEING MDUMPED INTO CHAIN WAS BACKED OFF BUCKET TURNED LOOSE AND SWUNG DOWN HITTING EMPLOYEE ON SIDE OF HEAD KNOCKING HIM B ACKWARDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING NAILS A PIECE OF STEEL BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS EYE.
EMPL WAS SAWING LAGGING. LAGGING FLIPPED & STRUCK EMPL IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPL WAS BARRING A LARGE SLAB FROM HANGING WALL THE SLAB CAME DOWN AND STRUCK A 1/4" SAFETY CABELE WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO ROCKBOLTS ON BOTH ENDS AND RUNS THE LENGTH OF THE STOPE TENSION IN THE CABLE CAUSED ONE OF THE ROCKBOLTS TO PULL LOOSE AND THE ROCKBOLT STRUCK THEMINER