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Employee was washing trucks on mine site with high pressure water and hose and while nozzle was on, employee let go of handle and lost control of the wand, as the wand swung the water and pressure struck the employee's left eye lid, causing a laceration.
Mechanic was removing a lower leaf spring bushing and was using a cutting torch to heat and melt the inner rubber to simplify the removal of a metal the metal pin. As mechanic applied heat to the bushing melted rubber spat put of the metal sleeve onto the inner side of his right elbow and forearm.
Miner was assisting maintenance in the removal of crusher "Blow Bar", as miner was removing Blow Bar locking assembly (rod) with a jack hammer, the rotor shifted and caused the jack hammer and positioning sleeve to shift, as a result the miners' 3rd digit (middle finger) was caught in between the sleeve and rotor. Miner suffered loss of nail, flesh and tissue.