BLOWING OUT BLAST HOLES. AIR HOSE WAS WRAPED AROUND BLOW PIPE USED TO BLOW OUT BLAST HOLES AND EE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT. AS THE DRILL AND COMPRESSOR WERE BEING MOVED AHEAD, THE HOSE TIGHT ENED UP AND TWISTED AROUND, STRIKING HIM IN THE HAND.
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EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING STONE DEBRIS AWAY FROM MACHINERY SHOVEL HIT CHAIN ON MACHINE FLEW UP HITTING EMPLOYEE IN JAW CAUSING HIM TO BITE HIS TONGUE CAUSING LACERATION OF BOTH SIDES OF TONGUE
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON STONE DRILLING MACHINE, REMOVED SAFETY GLASSES AND GOT A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE LID.