EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING OUT THE PILE WHEN HE NOTICED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A MISS-FIRE.HE THEN DUG HIS WAY TO THE SUSPECTED MISS-FIRE,WHICH PLACED HIM AND HIS MACHINE UNDER LOOSE MATERIAL.THE EMPLO YEE THEN EXITED HIS MACHINE TO RETRIEVE THE SUSPECTED MISS-FIRE.WHILE STANDING AT THE FACE,A LARGE ROCK SLIPPED OFF THE FACE,CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE.
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Showing all 4EMP TAKEN OFF LIFE JACKET ATTEMPTED TO SWIM AFTER BOAT WHICH HAD DRIFTED OFF FROM THE BANK. WITNESS ADVISED THAT HE STOPPED SWIMMING AND WENT UNDER THE WATER ONCE AND CAME BACK UP. EMP THEN W ENT UNDER THE WATER AGAIN AND DID NOT COME BACK UP
EMPLOYEE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED 4160 VOLT CONDUCTORS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE THE SOURCE OF A BAD SMELL PROBABLY A DEAD ANIMAL WHEN HE LEANED INTO THE TOP PART OF THE GE BOX TO LOOK INTO THE 4160 VOLT BUS BAR WELL, WHEN HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITHT HE BUS BAR OR OTHER ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS.
BOOSTING 988 WI7H BATTERY CABLES--I,NAME WAS ON GROUND DIRECTING LOADER, BACK INTO POSITION, PINNING HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TIRES OF THE TWO LOADERS.