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The employee was cutting a welded bolt while using proper P.P.E. when a piece of debris ricocheted off of the wall behind him and into his face shield getting into his eye.
Miner was fueling a D-10 Dozer. He was assisted by another employee. When he attempted to hand the fuel line back to the other employee, the miner lost his balance and fell off of the equipment and landed against the other employee.
Miner was using a hand held grinder to cut welds off of a metal project. The grinder "walked" away from the operator and went across the gloved left hand lacerating the skin on the left thumb knuckle.
Miner was using an air lance to clean out shoot. The air lance separated from the hose the hose end came up and caught the miner under the right eye, just below his safety glasses.
Employee was welding angle iron and piece of slag fell into glove causing burn
Employee was attempting to attach a cable to an RTD starter and could not fit his hard hat into the space, so removed hard hat and reached into the engine compartment. Employee hit his head on a bracket resulting in a laceration. Seven staples were required to close the laceration, released to resume work next shift.
Employee was welding in a loader bucket and the reflection of the welding.
Employee was in the basket long-bolting. He was changing drill steel when the drifter moved and came down on his hand therefore pinching it between the boom and man basket.
Employee was helping to install a shock absorber, while holding the nut with his hand, there was an impact wrench on the other side tighting the bolt.
Had stepped off of the drill to take a sample and heard a noise and looked up while a drill steel came down and hit on top of instep of his right foot and broke it.
The prell hose failed and blew prell into eye, causing minor burns to skin around eye and small laceration on eye.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHECK THE PUMPS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT. THE WATER WAS GETTING TOO HIGH. AS HE STEPPED OFF OF THE STAIRS THE WATER WAS HIGHER THAT HIS BOOT TOPS. THE WATER WAS VERY HOT AND BURNT HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EE HAD PULLED A 15 PASSENGER VAN INTO THE SHOP TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE ON THE LEFT REAR. HE CRAWLED UNDER THE VAN AND RAISED IT WITH A SMALL HYDRAULIC JACK. AS HE CRAWLED UNDER IT AGAIN TO RAISE IT HIGHER, IT ROLLED OFF OF THE JACK AND CRUSHED HIM.
Slate was being lowered with an overhead crane. Slate slipped and hit his hand. EE suffered deep laceration to right pinky finger. He was treated at hospital and released.
WHILE RETRIEVING THE CORE FROM A 45 DEGREE UPHOLE, EMPLOYEE UNSCREWED THE STUFFING BOX. THE OVERSHOT & STUFFING BOX CAME DOWN W/SOME FORCE & PINCHED HIS RT. HAND TO THE ROD SADDLE. THE BONES BETWEEN THE RT. THUMB & WRIST ARE SPLINTERED.
While working on drill press, drill bit caught causing a pice of iron to be pulled out of the clamp. Iron spun around causing a laceration to his left hand.
EE WAS SITTING IN THE TAMROCK BOLTER WHEN A LARGE BOULDER FELL OUT OF THE BACK AND CRUSHED THE CAB DOWN ONTO HIM.
CORDLESS DRILL WAS PLACED ON BOOM OF BOLTER. WHILE DRIVING IN A PIN THE DRILL FELL OFF BOOM AND THE DRILL BIT PUNCTURED RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PIECE OF WIRE TO UNPLUG ANFO FROM AUGER. THE WIRE APPARENTLY CAUGHT IN THE MOVING AUGER AND PULLED THE END OF HIS FINGER OFF.
WHILE STARTING AIR COMPRESSOR, AIR COMING OFF OF FAN BLEW SOMETHING IN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE.
OPERATING TUGGER HOIST, HOISTING MATERIALS UP TO MINERS ON MUCK SLIDE. SMALL ROCK DISLODGED ON SLIDE AND ROLLED DOWN, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE SPENT MOST OF HIS SHIFT WELDING AND CUTTING. EMPLOYEE WORE PROPER SAFTEY HOODS AND GLASSES AT ALL TIMES. AFTER HIS SHIFT, HOWEVER HIS EYES BURNED AND SCRATCHED.