Victim was trying to tighten a hydrolic hose. EE stepped up to arm of rod handler, rested EE's hand on the black of the cylinder while it was separated. There was miscommunication about what to lower. The whole cylinder got lowered instead of the tram. Top block smashed EE's resting hand.
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Milford Mining Company Utah, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
May 11, 2018
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management
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Milford Mining Company Utah, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Individual did an improper release of a drone, resulting in a laceration from propeller on the tip of right thumb.
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