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Ground crew had hooked an old drag rope to a dozer to be pulled out of the dragline pit. As dozer pulled the drag rope at an angle it got closer to ground crew and then suddenly changed predicted path and struck two miners in the lower leg. One miner was given X-Rays the next day and left tibia was broken.

Operator was ripping a frozen road surface with a Caterpillar D10 to gain access for drillers. While ripping the road surface, a rock deflected off the ripper tooth and entered the rear window of the dozer, striking the operator. Operator sustained a laceration on the head.

The miner was using a 4-1/2" grinder. The grinder bound in a crack and kicked back toward miner's face. When it came in contact with the faceshield miner was wearing, the grinder "walked" its way down the front of the shield and then up and under to contact the miner's chin. This caused a cut that required stitches at a local clinic. The miner returned to work for next shift.

Using an air hammer to remove a stuck bearing, a piece broke off and struck the side of his head.

While repairing drag line boom a grinding filing was blown into left eye.

Employee smashed left hand open when inserting a wheel lug torque tool on a Caterpiller 994 front end loader. Employees hand was pinched when the tool was inadvertently started.

Employee called in sick originally, later said he had lower back pain due to operating a dozer.

Two employees were welding on top of tub when wind blew barrier over that was between them. EE raised hood & apparently was flashed and received a foreign body in his eye. Much eye discomfort the following morning. Embedded metallic foreign body removed by doctor. Returned to regular duty.

Left eye had piece of slag entered behind welding hood.

Holding a piece of tin while a co-worker tried to use a drill press, the bit caught the tin, spun it and cut the employee's finger.

Employee was grinding on the dragline. When he was removing his gear a metal shaving fell from his forehead and entered his left eye.

OPERATOR WAS BUILDING AN EXPLORATION TRAIL USING A D9 CAT. IT WAS RAINING AND THE BANK SLUMPED CAUSING THE CAT TO ROLL 1 AND A 1/2 TIMES.

FOREIGN BODY FLEW IN EYE, LEFT EYE. METAL PART PROBABLY LEFT OVER FROM GRINDING.