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ROOF FALL: 20' X 20' X 8'. MAW MAW MAINS SECTION, MMU 001-0, NO. 9 ENTRY (RETURN). FALL IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 220' OUTBY SURVEY STATION NO. 617. DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF MEN . WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. ENTRANCES HAVE BEEN CRIBBED. 6' CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS HAD BEEN USED FOR SUPPORT.
PICKING UP BELT RAIL STRUCTURE. STRAINED BACK.
INJURED WAS PULLING ROCK DUSTER/TRACTOR. WAS TURNING IN CROSSCUT AND HIT CORNER OF BLOCK. RIB TURNED OVER ON OPERATOR, BREAKING BONE IN RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PUTTING IN BELT STRUCTURE DURING BELT MOVE AND SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
PULLING ROCK DUSTER WITH BATTERY TRACTOR. EE EITHER RAN OVER OR MACHINE CAUGHT AN UNSEEN BELT ROLLER THAT WAS LYING NEAR ROADWAY THE BELT ROLLER FLIPPED UP AND CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT HAND LYIN G ON FRAME OF BATTERY TRACTOR, INJURING HIS RIGHING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING ON BACKBOARD FOR BELTHEAD, BACKBOARD FELL OFF BELT ON TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND, BREAKIGN HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CRAWLING ACROSS BELTWHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON WET MINE FLOOR, CAUSINGHIM TO HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON BELT STRUCTURE.
COAL DRILL OPERATOR STATED THAT HE HAD PULLED STEEL BACK TO CLEAN HOLE OUT. AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE STARTED AUGER, EE PUT HIS HAND ON THE AUGER. THE AUGER CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HIS HAND AND ARM AROUND STEEL.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE, LIFTED BELT ROLLER OUT OF CAR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND SIDE.