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EE WORKING NEAR CRUSHER SCREEN WHEN DUST ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.
INJURED WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AWAY FROM CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT HIT METAL AND HIT INDIVIDUAL IN SHOULDER.
SLEDGE HAMMER CRACKED A CHIP FROM A LARGE ROCK. IT STRUCK HIM IN TOOTH BUSTING IT OFF AT GUM LINE.
WORKING AT DUAL CONVEY SHOVELING WHEN TOP OF SHOVEL HIT CONVEY KNOCKING HAND IN CONVEY
EMPLOYEE FOREMAN WAS TRYING TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTION BY TURNING POWER ON AND OFF WHEN POWER WAS TURNED ON ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT
REMOVING MOTOR WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND FELL ON LEFT FINGER NO IMPAIRMENT.
I.NAME REPORTED THAT A ROCK FLEW OFF EL-JAY CONE CRUSHER & HIT HIM IN EYE BREAKING SAFETY SPECTACLES GETTING PIECES IN HIS EYE I.NAME RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY WITH NO IMPAIRMENT
THE INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TRYING TO GET ALARGE ROCK THAT HAD LODGED BETWEEN BELT AND CONVEYOR FRAME WHEN THE INJURED GOT HIS AHND CAUGHT AND BROKE HIS FINGER.(NAME) WAS TRYING TO M OVE IT WITH A CAT BAR AND HE REACHED IN TO GRAB THE ROCK WHEN IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER AND BROKE IT.
EMP FAILED TO U8E LADDER TO ASCENT PRIMARY CRUSHER - WAS CLIMBING UP SIDE OF CRUSHER WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP OF MADE A MISSTEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND-APPROX 8 FEET
INJURED WAS HE5PING TO SET 10X10 BEAMS & PICKED UP BEAM INCORRECTLY CAUSING BACK PAIN. HE HAS D SOME NARROWING OF THE L-5/S-1 DISC ON X-RAY.