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Employee was struck by a rock

Employee was changing the motor on feed conveyor, using grinder to cut off an old bolt when grinder shifted and made contact with left index finger

EE, working for Sync Aggregate, was using a grinder and it kicked back and cut EE's left forearm. Taken to hospital by co-worker. Received stitches

Employee removed a bolt from a wash plant pinching EE's finger causing a laceration to EE's right little finger requiring stitches.

Miner was using a oxy-acetylene torch when debris blew into an eye past the safety glasses

Employee was forming urethane flashing for a belt conveyor with a hand grinder and started not feeling very good during the task. It was thought the employee may have been feeling ill from some of the fumes from the cutting process, but when brought to the clinic it was diagnosed with the flu and fumes may have contributed to accelerating his flu symptoms.

An employee operating a Komatsu dozer was pushing an ripping material on a downward grade, somehow the dozer slid sideways and continued to slide 35 feet off a 27 ft high embankment. The equipment rolled one revolution and landed back on its tracks. 911 was called, and then the employee was life flighted from the scene to the University of Utah Hospital.

CUTTING THE TORCH-RING OUT OF MANTLE OF THE CONE TYPE CRUSHER, A PIECE OF SLAG RICOCHETTED FROM THE CUTTING AREA INTO THE FACE SHIELD HITTING THE RIGHT EYE.