EE WAS LIFTING INGERSOL RAND JACK HAMMER WHILE HOLDING HOLES IN BOLTERS. WHILE DOING SO HE FELTBACK PAIN
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Showing all 2EE WAS ATTEPTING TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK WHICH WAS LODGED IN CRUSHER OPENING. FOLLOWING PAST PRACTICE, A HOOK WAS LOWERED BY CRANE INTO CRUSHER WITH IDEA OF HOOKING ROCK AND BY LIFTING, WOULD R OLL ROCK INTO POSITION THAT IT WOULD FALL INTO CRUSHER AND BE CRUSHED. HOOK SLIPPED FROM ROCK WHILE BEING LIFTED BY CRANE, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT ARM ABOVE THE WRIST.