The employee was checking a shuttle car tire in the #3 entry 2 crosscuts outby the face when a piece of rib coal rolled off knocking him off balance causing pushing him into the shuttle car and catching him between the car and the coal rib.
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Showing all 4Employee was bolting top in #6 entry. He had put up bolt and then walked back to get a box of glue from back of pinner. When he started back to front of roof bolter, a piece of draw rock fell from between rib and bolt and struck him in the head and back and knocked him to the ground.
RIB WAS LOOSE. WHILE THEY WERE PUTTING IN SEALS, THE RIB ROLLED OFF AND BROKE ANKLE OF EE.
EE WAS WALKING BY RIB WHEN RIB FELL OFF AND STRUCK LEG.