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COAL RIB ROLLED OFF AND HIT MAN ON FOOT.
PERSON HAD THE RIB COAL ROLL OUT ON HIM. HIT HIM ON LEG AND HIP.
WHILE OPERATING MINER A PART OF RIB COAL & MIX PART ROCK ON CORNER OF RIB BROKE OFF AND HIT OPERATOR PUSHING HIM OVER ON HIS SIDE AND LANDING ON HIS LEG & ANKLE.
HE WAS BOLTING TOP #1 ENTRY. PUTTING UP LAST ROW OF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED OUT OF FACE 12' LONG - 27" WIDE- 18" THICK STRUCK HIM IN BACK AND KNOCKED HIM TO BOTTOM. HE WASN'T TRAPPED BY THE ROCK.