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Miner was exiting the excavator # 2775 walking southwest towards the haul truck #1517, when miner stepped on a mid-size rock. The rock shifted causing the miner to fall backwards to the ground.
While re-installing a machine safety guard associated with a primary clay crusher, a maintenance repairman lost his footing while working off a 41" high elevated surface falling feet first, his back and neck striking nearby surfaces causing injuries.
In an attempt to wash the front windshield of the front loader, #2094, the employee crawled out onto the front portion of the vehicle not provided with safe access, lost his footing, and fell sideways causing his right chest area to strike the deck handrail.
Employee was sliding grating with a sleaver bar. A section of grating moved and when he stepped on it, it became unstable and he fell through it.