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While pushing material on overburden pile, dozer operator observed smoke coming from around bottom of cab. Attempted to extinguish fire with fire extinguisher but ultimately machine was fully engulfed.
A suicide victim was discovered by employee of mine operator at 9:00 AM on 10/19/2011. Victim was located away from active mining near an abandoned out building along with his SUV.
While driving in pin for tooth on loader bucket, an unknown object struck employee in the area around left eye causing laceration and contusion.
Ee was greasing head pulley of conveyor #11 from catwalk. Grease tube to opposite side of lead pulley clogged. ee stretched over conveyor and slipped off end of conveyor onto rip tap pile 8' below. Ee suffered contusions.
MCCARTHY TIRE EE PROVIDING TIRE SERVICE TO QUARRY HAUL TRUCK WAS STRUCK INT HE FACE BY HYDRAULIC RAM WHILE TRYING TO POP INNER HEAD ON LEFT STEER TIRE. MCCARTHLY TIRE PROVIDES OFF ROAD TIRE SE RVICE TO QUARRY OPERATION. RAM BECAME DISLODGED AND EITHER RAM OR HYDRAULIC LINE STRUCK EE IN FACE.
WHILE PERFORMING PRE-SHIFT INSPECTION OF CATERPILLAR 990 LOADER, EE TRIPPED OVER ELECTRICAL EXT ENSION CORD TO ENGINE BLOCK HEATER ELEMENT. DURING THE FALL EE STRUCK RIGHT HAND, 5TH FINGER ON COUNTERWEIGHT CAUSING FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE REPORTS PAIN/DISCOMFORT IN LOWER LEFT BACK RESULTING FROM SHOVELLING FINE STONE MATERIAL FROM UNDER FEEDER OF PRIMARY CRUSHER. SHOVELLING INVOLVES TWISTING, BENDING, AND LIFTING.
LABORER WAS CLEANING ROCKS FROM CONVEYOR #6 WHILE IT WAS OPERATING. THE HOE HE WAS USING CAUGHT THE CONVEYOR BELT JERKING THE HOE TO THE RIGHT BREAKING HIS RIGHT ARM AND THE HOE HANDLE WHEN HE HIT THE STATIONARY ROLLER BRACKET. LABORERS ARE TRAINED NOT TO CLEAN OPERATING EQUIPMENT.