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An employee operating a Caterpillar 770 haul truck hauling material to repair the road to the stripping area. As the employee dumped the load the bed contacted overhead powerlines. The employee exited the truck to extinguish a fire. Upon returning to the truck EE reached for the handrail. When EE touched the truck, EE was electrocuted.

Miner was using a man lift basket to observe feed to cone crusher at a height of 28 feet. The miner was wearing fall protection harness and a retractable lanyard but was not secured/tied off to the man lift basket. The miner was ejected from the man lift basket to the surface below.

Disassembling a crushing plant. two employees were attempting to remove the motor that drove the hazmac crusher by using a boom truck. The motor became stuck on the motor mount bolts that had been cut off using a torch. The employees then tried to pry it from its stuck position when it freed and came forward.

AS EE WAS POSITIONING HIMSEL FHE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY HARNESS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. SAFET HARNESSES WERE AVAILABLLE AT THE OB SITE AND IN THE WORK AREA. THE EMPLOYEES WERE AWARE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE HARNESSES AND HAD OBSERVED PRIOR USE OF THEHARNESSES AT THE JOB SITE.

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED RUPTURED AORTA, SPLEEN AND LIVER, POSSIBLE SPINAL CORD FRACTURES, LARGE SCALP LACERATIONS AFTER FALLING 15' FROM INSIDE STONE BIN AND THRU BIN GATE TO THE GROUND (ADDITIONAL 12')