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EE WAS PLASTERING A BRATTICE, WHILE EQUIPMENT WAS DOWN PLASTER SPLASHED BEHIND HIS GLASSES GETTING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. MET WASHED OUT HIS EYE WITH EYE WASH. AND HE RETURNED TO WORK, THAT NIGHT H E WENT TO E.R.
HE WAS LOADING HIGH LINE ON TO HIGH LINE SLEDE.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK APP THE SIZE OF A QUARTER FELL FROM THE TOP, HITTING HIM IN BEHIND THE CORNER OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES IN THE CORNER OF HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS OPERATING THE LEFT DRIVE SHUTTLE CAR, GOING FROM MINER TO THE FEEDER. HE TURNED THE CAR TOO SHARP WHEN MAKING A TURN, THE CAR TIRE RAN UP ON THE CORNER OF THE RIB, WHEN IT DROPPED BACK OFF, IT JARRED THE CAR, CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND STRIKED HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY OF THE CAR, PUSHING DOWN ON HIS NECK.