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Miner was on the deck of a screen, positioning the safety cage when cage came loose and hit the miner, who then sat on the deck and passed out, fell through the railing to the ground head first.
WALKING IN FRONT OF PLANT, TRIPPED AND FELL ON PIECE OF STEEL. TESTICULAR LACERATION-CHEST BRUISE.
Employee did pre-inspection, started Volvo A35, drove to mud station where truck is loaded. When stepping out of truck, he stepped from the deck to the bank instead of using ladder off of equipment. Slipped and missed the bank and hit chest on the top of the bank.
HAUL TRUCK CAME DOWN HAUL ROAD LOADED, CONTINUEDAT HIGH SPEED UP & OVER A SAFETY BERM & CAREENEDABOUT 27' DOWN SLOPE TO THE LOWER LEVEL. IMPACT FLIPPED TRUCK OVER ONTO IT'S LEFT SIDE.
CO-OWNER WAS IN A HURRY CROSSING THE CRUSHER PLATFORM, TRIPPED AND HIT HIS HEAD.