EE was working with machinery (jack - leg) was pulling on a 8 ft. steel that was stuck in a underground hole a part of the steel broke off EE and another co-worker fell back and jack hammer landed on his (L) knee.
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Rio Grande Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
December 26, 2012
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
MACHINERY
Rio Grande Mining Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
An Electrician was checking the bag house system, when he put his fingers into a piece of the equipment which he was not aware was spinning.
January 13, 2012
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Rio Grande Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
operator closed door of dozer and left his pinky exposed, which resulted in fracture and laceration
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