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SET PALLET AGAINST RIB, RIB FELL AND HE RAISED HIS HAN DTO DEFLECT FALL.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS POSITIONED WITH HIS BACK TO THE RIB WHEN A PIECE OF COAL CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A ROOF-BOLTER CABLE FROM BENEATH SOME LOSOE COAL, WHEN MORE COAL FELL FROM AN ADJACENT RIB AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK AND NECK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT DESIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT UNT IL 1-9-92. HE WAS TREATED ON THAT DATE FOR REMOAL OF INFECTION POSSIBLE CAUSED BY A SMALL SLIVER THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DRIVEN IN WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PIECE OF COAL.
A PIECE OF COAL BLEW OUT OF ADJACENT RIB,STRUCK EMPL IN THE HEAD.
EMPL WAS RETREATING FROM INTENDED CAVE AREA WHEN PIECES OF COAL FROM RIB SLOUGHAGE HIT HIM IN BACK OF LEG CASUING CONTUSIONS.
INJURED PARTY WAS OPERATING A JACK HAMMER, CUTTING THE MINE FLOOR, WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM THE ADJACENT RIB AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING BRUISES, ABRASIONS.
INJURED PARTY WAS TAKING DOWN A SECTION OF VENTIALTION TUBING, WHEN A PIECE OF COAL CAME LOOSE FROM AN ADJACENT RIB AREA, CAME DOWN, AND STRUCK THE BACK OF INJURED'S LEFT HAND, CUTTING AND BRU ISING THE TOP OF THE RING FINGER.