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Employee standing on a track of a Komatsu D475 observing a tilt cylinder being laid down by a mechanic, when the tilt cylinder suddenly shifted, the employee stepped backwards, loosing his footing and fell four feet to the ground.
Was changing grease fitting on track hoe boom, ee backed fuel truck up to stand on caught another ee between rear of fuel truck and the track hoe boom. Mashed and tore right shoulder and arm pit, few cuts and bruises on right arm, chest and back. Ambulance was called ee was transported to Erlinger Hospital.
Walking around machine, stepped in divot and twisted right ankle. Injured man is not an EE of this mine.
Putting hose on suction pump. EE slipped, resulting in hurt/swollen leg.
Greasing suction hose on 8" pump to stop at flow was standing on pump to service it and fell off. Hit back on pump suffered minor abrasions.
Employee was repositioning 6" pump hose when he pulled muscle in his back.
Trackhoe (330) Got on rock and slide when getting ready to pull pad. Trackhoe turned onto right side.
Dozer fell off rock and arm rest on seat went under his ribs as the dozer hit the ground.
While working on the #1 gob chain a bar slipped and struck employee midway down his left side.
Employee was running dozer. Hit rock, jarred him around in the cab hurting back/leg.
Stepping off 375 dozer, stepped on a rock and his toes hyper-extended causing contusion, sprain and a possible fracture.
Scaling wall with track hoe rock came off and hit windshield breaking it. Glass got in operator's eye.
Employee was in the designated parking area to start his shift. Nelson Bros was blasting & fly rock came across the spoil. A rock hit employee on the right thigh.
EE was exiting the d-11 n dozer lost footing and fell from track hitting the ground, fracturing his left arm.
A can of soup was put on the manifold of a D8 dozer to heat. The soup got too hot; when the employee started opening the soup it exploded, burning his face and neck.
Piece flew off dozer track hitting him in the right side of face.
His foot slipped off fuel truck and he turned his foot.