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Employee was removing a roller frame on a conveyor belt by using a grinder to cut the bolts that held the frame. When EE went to start cutting the grinder bounced back off the bolt and contacted the right leg above the knee twice.
Spider cap was being lowered down on 8000 crusher - finger was placed in pinch point area
Employee was driving the long stick over to tower 5 to clean out around it. He started going down a slight incline. He lost control of the equipment causing it to run into/and under conv #14
Employee was putting the foot on the out rig of the crane. Out rig was extended out catching employees foot between the pipe and the out rig.
Employee was torching old wear metal off tail pulley. When torching, He hit a air or trash pocket in steel. That caused hot metal to shoot up and go under his glasses hitting him in the right eye.
This accident injured a contractor who was working by himself at our mine site. His was reparing the hammer (rock breaker). Somehow his hand became caught in the shaft by the cylinder. His hand received major abrasions to all four fingers.
Performing welding, machining and grinding operations and metal debris entered left eye.
Employee was welding during his shift. He woke the next morning with his eyes scratchy, swollen, hurting. His face looked as if he had been sunburned.
Employee was welding when a piece of slag fell in his boot causing a burn to the right foot.
The miner was welding on an empty oil drum that was not ventilated. The drum exploded causing the lid to hit his upper body and jaw causing injury.