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6" ROCK BOUNCED OFF #1 SCREEN STRIKING EE ON THE COLLARBONE, BREAKING COLLARBONE.
EE WAS DOING GENERAL PLANT MAINTANANCE WHEN THE SCREEN FEED BOX BECAME PLUGGED AND OVERFLOWED A ROCK DROPPED ON HEAD PULLEY BOUNCED OFF HITTING EE ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT KNOCKED HIM DOWN ON CA TWALK. HE STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON CATWALK CAUSING SWELLING.
INJURED WAS SITTING IN HIS HAUL TRUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED, WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING HIM AND DROPPED THE BOOM, WITH A FULL BUCKET OF MATERIAL ON THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK. HIS TRUCK W AS JARRED AND HE EXPERIANCED A PAIN THAT SHOT UP HIS BACK AND INTO HIS SHOULDER, THIS PAIN ALSO SHOT DOWN INTO HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS CLEANING CLAY OFF OF THE TOP DECK OF THE 4 X 12 SIMPLICITY SCALPING SCREEN, WHEN A ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE CHUTE HITTING HIS LEFT HADN. THIS CAUSED A BRUISE ON THE THREE OUTER FINGERS. HE DID NOT BREAK ANY PART OF HIS HAND. HE WAS TAKENTO THE MED CENTER TO CHECK FOR FRACTURES.
PERSON WAS CLEANING CHUTE AT END OF CRUSHER BELT WITH SHOVEL, SHOVEL HIT TURNING HEAD PULLEY KICKED BACK CUT AND BROKE LEFT INDEX FINGER.