EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING AND GOT WRAPPED UP IN THE MACHINE WHEN HE HIT A VUG HOLE.
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Showing all 9EMP WAS DRILLED3IN THE 560 DRIFT WHEN ANOTHER MAN'S DRILL GOT AWAY FROM HIM. THE DRILL HIT THE EMPLOYEES LEFT SHOULDER AND THE BACK OF HIS NECK
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EMPLOYEE NOTIFI9D SUPERVISOR ON 041387 THAT HE HAD STRAINED A MUSCLE IN H IS STOMACH (LEFT SIDE) WHILE PUSHING DRILL RODS INTO THE DIAMOND DRILL HOLE HE WAS DRILLING ON FRI.041087
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING FROM STAGINE. MACHINE CAME LOOSE FROM STEEL AND EMPLOYEE FELL OFF STAGING, TWISTING ONTO MUCKPILE WITH DRILL ON TOP OF HIM. DIAGNOSED 2-22-87 AS BRUISED OR PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK. 3
FACE IN 136 BAL8-HEADED RAISE HAD BOOT LEGS, THE GROUND WOULD KEEP LOOSENING UP WHILE DRILLING GROUND WAS TIGHT ENOUGH THAT YOU WOULDNT BAR IT WITH A BAR COLLARING A HOLE NEXT TO SIDE WALL AND BACK, A CHUNK 2F ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT FOOT. BROKEN BIG TOE, LEFT FOOT, THREE PLACES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MU7KING ROUND WITH 2-B MUCKER. ROCK FELL FROM MUCKER BUCKET, EMPLOYEE JUMPED BACKWARD OUT OF THE WAY OF THE ROCK AND STRUCK THE RIB, HITTING RIGHT, MIDDLE BACK ON ROCK RIB. EMPLOY EE SUSPECTS BRU3SED OR CRACKED RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CO5LARING HOLE, GLOVE WAS CAUGHT IN DRILL STEEL, TWISTED RIGHT INDEX FINGER AROUND DRILL STEEL.
OPERATING GRIND9R,CLEANING UP A PIECE OF SHEET METAL, WHICH WAS HELD IN THE VICE-EITHER GRINDER OR CORNER OF SHEET METAL LACERATED LEFT WRIST.