Debris such as drink bottles, where left on the front steps going into the control room.
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August 23, 2024
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
421 Sand · Fall down stairs
421 Sand · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Injured was holding a coil of disconnected oxygen/acetylene hoses while a fellow miner cut the plastic tie straps off the coil with a knife. When the knife went through the plastic, it deflected the knife upwards into the injured hand. The 3cm laceration needed 6 stitches to close.
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