STONE FROM CRUSHING CAME FROM HAMMERMILL AND GOT IN MINERS EYE. WHEN HE TOOK HIS SAFETY GLASSES OFF TO INSPECT A CONVEYOR BELT BECAUSE WHERE HE HAD TO LOOK WAS IN A DAR AREA AND HIS SAFETY GLA SSES WERE TO DARK TO SEE.
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Showing all 4THE MOTOR ON DRAGLINE DL4 RAN HOT. THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE BY LOOSENING THE CAP ONE NOTCH, BUT THE CAP BLEW OFF, CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT ARM, CHEST AND FACE.
WAS CHECKING HIS HYDRAULIC LEFT ON HIS TRUCK. HE WENT UNDER THE LIFTED BED OF TRUCK AND THE BED FELL ON HIM. IT TRAPPED HIM AND RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.
CLIMBING OFF OF 235 BACKHOE AND SLIPPED OFF THE STEP.