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As the track was being walked back onto the shovel, a piece of steel came off one of the rollers and struck an employee in the right leg just below the knee. The employee was standing approximately 20' away from the machine when the accident occurred. The employee had to have the fragment surgically removed.

Employee was tramming a Komatsu D65 dozer across the top of the frozen filter cake stockpile parallel to the loading face. The dozer suddenly lost traction and slid sideways down the slope. The dozer went over the loading face and fell approximately 14 feet and landed on its side. Employee complained of back pain. EMS was called and transported employee to hospital for evaluation.

Employee was using a hand-held grinder when a piece of metal got in EE's right eye. Employee was wearing a welding helmet and EE's prescription glasses when the accident occurred. Eye doctor removed the metal fragment from EE's eye.

Employee was taking plow bolts out of cutting edge on a loader. EE was holding up on plow bolt with EE's hand and had an air impact on the nut. When EE spun the nut, the head of the bolt came down slightly and spun, causing a laceration to EE's left index finger.

A miner was injured while operating a CAT 375 excavator when the hoist cylinder failed and broke the side window on the cab. The broken glass contacted the operators right hand and caused a small laceration. The miner received two sutures.

The miner's right forearm was injured by broken glass and he received a total of four sutures to close the two lacerations.

Ee was fitting pipe, while moving with torch hose became tangled causing lit end to enter glove burning wrist/arm

EE WAS BURNING A CROSS MEMBER ON A BELT STRUCTURE THAT WAS ON THE GROUND. AS HE BURNED THRU THE LAST WELD POINT THE METAL BRACE LET LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE.