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EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING DOWN A HAUL TRUCK TIRE WHEN THE BEAD BREAKER KICKED BACK.
DRILL IS LOCATED ON A PAF OF BENTONITE SHALE. RECENT DAYS HAVE BEEN RAIN AND SNOW. DRILLERS HAND SLIPPED OFF CHEATER WHILE BUSTING RODS OUT OF HOLE CAUSING STRAIN TO LOWER BACK MUSCLES, AND SO ME INJURY TO DISC.
ON DRILL SITE,O1ERATOR STRAINED HIS BACK USING AN EIGHT POUND SLEDGE TO BREAK OUT ICE ON THE DOWN IN THE HOLE HAMMER.
WHILE WELDING IN BACK OF AN ORE TRUCK HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY BOLT THAT WAS KNOCKED LOOSE BY A MECHANIC WHO WAS WORKING NEARBY.
WHILE USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL ON LOADER BUCKET EDGE, A METAL CHIP FLEW OFF AND IMBEDDED ITSELF IN EMPLOYEES LOWER LIP
BRUCE WAS CLEANING LIME BUILD-UP OUT OF SPRAY HUBS WITH HIS KNIFE. HE SET THE KNIFE DOWN FOR A MINUTE. THEN GRABBED THE BLADE OF T HE KNIFE CUTING HIS HAND.