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AT APPROX 10:00 AM ON 4-24-91, THE MINE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DRILL WHEN A PORTION OF THE OPEN PIT FLOOR COLLAPSED. THE OPERATOR FELL INTO THIS OPENING. SEARCH FOR THE DRILL OPERATOR INDIC ATED THAT HE WAS NOT ON THE SURFACE. THE HOLE HAD DUST COMING OUT OF THE OPENING, THUS VISIBILITY INTO THE HOLE WAS RESTRICTED. RESCUE OPERATIONS COMMENCED IMMEDIATELY.
THE INJURED WAS CLEANING OUT THE BUNKER ON THE CRUSHER WHEN THE GENERATOR WAS SHUT OFF AND THE GATES CLOSED ON HIM,CRUSHING HIM.
I.NAME GREASING3THE 992C FRONT END LOADER THE BUCKET WAS ROLLED AND I.NAME WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE BUCKET ARM AND THE DIFFERENCIAL DEATH -TRAUMATIC INTERNAL INJURIES
DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF WATER TRUCK CRASHING INTO ROADWAY BANK.