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WHILE REMOVING OVERBURDEN IN PIT HIGH PRESSURE HYDRAULIC HOSE RUPTURED & SPRAYED OIL ONTO HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF ENGINE. OIL IGNITED & CAUSED MOST OF MACHINE TO BE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. OPERATO R ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. MACHINE BURNED FOR APPROX 25 MIN & CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
HE WAS WALKING BY THE AIR TANK IN THE BACK PART OF THE DRAGLINE AND AS HE WAS WALKING BY THE AIR TANK HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE LOW OVER HANGING SECTION OF THE ROOF OF THE DRAGLINE. HE DID NO T MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 10-2-90.