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EMPLOYEE WAS USING MUCKING MACHINE WHEN THE MACHINES BUCKET CAME DOWN, HIT LARGE ROCK IN CAR, WHICH SPLATTERED ROCK FRAGMENTS INTO AIR WURROUNDING EMPLOYEE. DESPITE HIS SAFETY GLASSES, A ROCK ROCK GRAGMENT ENTERED HISLEFT EYE. CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION AND FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LHD LOADER DOWN DECLINE. THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN CAUSING LOADER TO HIT RIB, THROWING EMPLOYEE OUT OF SEAT ONTO BACK OF LOADER BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON MOTOR ON WAY TO WORKING AREA THE SWITCH AT F-L1670 WAS COVERED WITH WATER AND THEY DID NOT SEE THAT IT WAS THROWN THE WRONG WAY CAUSING THE MOTOR TO JUMP THE TRACK THROW ING EMPLOYEE OFF HE HIT HIS IKNEEE AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE MOTOR
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING PAST F LEVEL ORE PASS FROM 2060 ENROUTE TO 3200. HE HOPPED ON BACK OF A PASSING MOTOR FOR A RIDE BUT HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF, CAUSING HIM TO FALL OCC ON TO GRIZZLY OVER ORE PASS
EE WAS STANDING ON CHUTE PLATFORM PULLING 1670 #1 CHUTE. HE PUSHED LOADED CAR AWAY FROM CHUTE TO MOVE EMPTY ONE IN PLACE. A ROCK STICKING UP FROM CAR KNOCKED CHUTE PLATFORM OUT FROM UNDER EE CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX 6\ LANDING ON HIS FEET.
EE WAS RIDING IN WELL OF MOTOR GOING OUT AT END OF SHIFT. WHEN MOTOR ROUNDED A TIGHT CURVE EE WAS THROWN FROM WELL & BACK OF LEFT CALF GOT HUNG UP IN MOTOR WELL CAUSING INJURY.
HOLDING TUGGER CABLE OUT OF THE TRACK AREA SO DIESEL MOTOR COULD PASS BY THE EDGE OF MOTOR CAUGHT CABLE WHICH PULLED SCRAP METAL ON END OF CABLE INTO HIM KNOCKING HIM OFF OF HIS FEET ONTO HIS BACK AND RT SHOULDER AND HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER BETWEEN CARS TO COUPLE THEM 20 TON MOTOR HAD BAD BRAKES (PER WITNESS) CAUSING MOTOR TO PUSH CARS TOGETHER PINNING EMPLOYEE IN BETWEEN 2 CARS
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STAND OUT OF THE WAY AS A MUCK TRAIN WENT PAST BUT WAS NOT OUT OF THE WAY FAR ENOUGH & 5TH WHEEL ON MUCK CAR PINCHED ANKLE BETWEEN CAR & A TIMBER.