DRILLING WHEN ROCK FELL AND HIT MAN IN RIGHT LEG ABOVE KNEE.
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Showing all 9SLUSHING ON ELECTRIC SHUSHER WHEN PC OF WIRE WENT INTO EYE.
DRILLING IN RAISE SLAF FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE.
DRILLING WHEN LOOSE SAND AND ROCK GOT INTO EYES.
DRILLING WITH A 6' DRILL STEEL AND IT FELL ON HIS FOOT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 10-12' FROM WORKERS WHO WERE DRIVING A BOLT OUT OF A MILL LINER USING A JACK HAMMER BITS A 12LB DOUBLE JACK A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF THE BITE AND HIT T HE EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE USING OXYGEN ACETYLENT CUTTING TORCH BLOW BACK OCCURRD CAUSING EXPLOSION NEAR ROCK CAUSING SMALL PIECES TO FLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS I NAME RECEIVED DAMAGE TO BOTH EYES. AND POSSIBLY BOTH EARDRUMS AS WELL AS MINOR PEPPERING TO FACE AND UPPER TORSO.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING ELECTRIC CONCRETE VIBRATOR TO VIBRATE CONCRETE IN FORMS. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, BUT SOME CONCRETE SPLASHED INTO THE CORNER OF HIS LEFT EYE.
SHAFT MINER LOS7 CONTROL OF HIS SINKER DRILL WHILE COLLARING A BLAST, HOLE AND THE MACHINE FELL ONTO THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.