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EE overfilled bucket of bobcat with rock from under crusher hopper, EE was backing up. When positioning bobcat to dump material, bobcat tipped backward into uneven ground causing rocks to fall from back of bucket into cab on miner's leg. Rock lodged into bucket pedal control causing more rocks to fall into cab and strike miner on right leg, causing contusions and abrasions.
After digging out a plugged tail pulley the employee went to start the conveyor belt when a rock 4"X6" fell from the belt striking employee's left hand between the thumb and index finger.
Truck driver hit by drunk driver. Trucker swerved to avoid fatal accident, bruised right thumb/palm on shift tower. Accident happened on Highway 50 East in Silver Springs, NV.