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COAL RIB RASH S7RUCK EMP WHILE MOVING TUBING AT FACE
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE FACE WHEN A RIB ROLLED OUT KNOCKING HIM INTO THE ROOF BOLTER & SWEEPING HIS FEET OUT FROM UNDER HIM. THE EMPLOYEE HAS 2 FX. RIBS ON HIS LEFT SIDE.
ROCK RIB FELL FROM APPROX 12 FT TO 13 FT HIGH ALONG THE RT SIDE OF THE TRAPPED CONT MINING MACHINE STICKING I.NAME CAUSING HIM TO PARTICIALLY FALL OUT OF THE TAIL OF THE MACHINE I.NAME RECEIV ED A DEEP LACERATION BELOW THE RT KNEE AND POSSIBLE FRACTURE
COAL RASHED OFF RIB STRIKING EE ON NECK & BACK.
EMP WAS ROOF BOLTING A FRESH CUT WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE UPPER PART OF BACK FORCING HIS HEAD DOWN ON THE KILL SWITCH OF THE BOLTER CUTTING AND FRACTURING HIS NOSE
EMPLOYEE HAD STARTED TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT WHEN RIB CONNER RASHED OFF FALLING ON HIS LEFT FOOT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING METATARSEL BOOTS AND RECEIVED BROKEN METATARSEL BONES OF HIS LEFT FOOT. E MPLOYEE SAID HE HAD SOUNDED THE RIB AND PULLED DOWN SOME LOOSE RIB.
WAS SCALING DOWN A RIB WITH SLATE BAR AND RIB ROLLED OUT AND HIT HIS RT FOOT DRIVING THE STEEL TOE IN H IS BOOT DOWN INTO HIS RT FOOT FRACTURING BIG TOE
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING WHEN THE RIB WHERE HE WAS WORKING RASHED OUT AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE BOLTER. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERE CONTUSIONS TO BOTH LEGS.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A RIB RUSHED OUT AND FELL INTO THE CAB OF THE BOLTER STRIKING HIM THIS RESULTED IN CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO HIS BACK AND CONTUSIONS TO BOTH KNEES AS W ELL AS A LACERATION OF THE LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ON ROOF BOLTER FROM BUCKET OF SCOOP WHEN RIB SPALLED AND MASHED TIP OF RT INDEX FINGER AGAINST BUCKET OF SCOOP
WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER ...RIB ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK HIM IN BACK.RESULTED IN 2 NON-DISPLACED FRACTURES OF SACRUM.