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EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN FROM HAUL TRUCK TO CHECK THE MUCKING AREA AT 5127 BEFORE BEGINNING WORK IN THIS AREA. AS HIS RIGHT FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND HE FELT HIS RIGHT ANKLE GIVE WAY AND TURN.
THE TRUCK CAME FROM 3019 TO THE RAISE OVER STEERED TO THE RIGHT COULD NOT CORRECT AND HIT THE RIB. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO BOUNCE AS I STARTED TO CORRECT CAUSED THE TRUCK TO HIT THE RIB AND MY KNEE TO HIT THE HOOD AND I WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH A 4 1/2" GRINDER AND A PARTICLE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE AND BECAME LODGED. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
ELMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STRUCTURAL STEEL AND APPARENTLY A SMALL PIECE OF THE STEEL WAS WIPED INTO HIS EYE WHILE WIPING AWAY SWEAT. EMLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS TRAMMING UP 4403. HE CLAIMS THAT THE MACHINE MOTOR DIED. HE APPLIED THE PARK BRAKE AND TRIED TO START THE SCALER. AT THAT POINT THE MACHINE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE EE COULD NOT REC ALL WHETHER HE JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM THE SCALER HE SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS A SPARINED SHOULDER, AND A FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE HAD A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTER HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE TRAMMING UP A DRIFT.