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Miner was checking on a screening plant, the upper deck had gotten clogged with debris, before the miner was able to shut down the machine a 4" rock came off the upper deck of the screening plant striking the miner in the side of the face. The miner sustained a contusion and laceration requiring 3 stitches.

Miner was assisting mechanic with routine maintenance of rotating cutting edge on a John Deere 824 loader bucket. While the mechanic and miner were rotating the cutting edge it slipped out of the mechanics hands and the miner was unable to maintain his grip on the other end dropping end of cutting edge on his foot, fracturing his right #1 toe.