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LOADING A ROCK TRUCK W/992C LOADER, LOADER HUNG IN REVERSE, EE HIT BRAKE BUT DID NOT ACTIVATE AND HIT HIGHWALL BEHIND HIM INJURING LOWER BACK AND NECK.
EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON AN OIL PAN OF A DOZER WITH A WRENCH WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED FROM HAND AND HIT ON HCIN. REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES.
REACHED BACK TO MAKE SURE FIRE EXTING. WAS IN PLACE AND ACCIDENTLY PUT RIGHT RING FINGER IN FAN CUTTING RING FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES.
OPERATING HAULER HIT A HOLE IN ROAD WHERE A ROCK HAD BEEN PICKED UP WHEN I HIT HOLE IN THREW ME FORWARD A SAFETY BELT CAUGHT UNDER MY ARM & ON T OP OF SHOULDER CAUSING A PULLED MUSCLE
SHOT WAS LOADED AND WIRED TO BE DETONATED. ALL EQUIPMENT AND MANPOWER WERE REMOVED FROM AREA WHEN ELETRICAL STORM APPROACHED. LEAD WIRES WERE SHUNTED. DETONATION OF 5 HOLES OCCURRED BY LIGHTEN ING. AREA WAS BLOCKED OFF AND GUARDED UNTIL SAT. MORNING WHEN THE REST OF THE HOLES WERE DETONATED.
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER IN A SLIDING DOOR.
EMPL LOADING SHOOT WHEN ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK.