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While pressing aluminum pack, felt right shoulder pull and pop. Shoulder is torn.
The miner was lying on their right side while welding a patch on a piece of stationary equipment. A piece of welding slag was able to pass by EE's welding helmet and enter EE's ear. Pain was immediate. There was swelling to the interior of the ear limiting hearing from that ear.
The dust collector for the feldspar process collects fines in a bulk bag. The operator was making adjustments to the bag when operator slipped and fell. Operator put left hand out to catch self and caught a finger in the chain drive for the airlock.