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Employee was operating a continuous miner in #7 entry at spad #681 when a rock measuring 4 x 4 x 5 inches thick struck him in the head. The rock slid down right arm onto the back side of legs knocking him unconscious.
Two employees were operating the RRII roof bolter in the #7 entry inby spad #4931 on the 3 left section. They had scaled roof in the area then set the ATRS preparing to install roof bolts. EE was attempting to mount the man-up station; placed his right hand in the buckboard to assist him when a piece of rock approx. 1'x1'x2' fell striking his right hand.
Employee was hanging section feeder cable when a piece of rock fell striking him on the hard hat and face.
EE was changing a bit on a continuous miner when he was struck by a piece of mine roof. He was knocked into a bit lug & chipped his tooth. The remaining portion of that tooth was removed a couple of days later.
A rock that fell from the the mine roof slid off the roof bolter canopy and struck the operator.
As employee started to drill a hole, a piece of top fell & struck him in his mouth.
While bolting, a rock fell from the mine roof & struck employee's arm(L). This required sutures.
Employee was hanging a cable when a small piece of rock fell out & hit him on the top of his foot.
EE was walking down supply entry #2 to check to see how many timbers was down there when a piece of slate rock 1 ft.x 1 ft. 1/2 in thick fell out & struck him between shoulder blades injury happened at spad "3400"
While roof bolting, a rock fell from the mine roof & came off the bolter's canopy & struck employee in his lower back.
Employee was struck by a piece of rock that fell from the mine roof while he was changing inserts near the back of the roof bolting machine.
Employee was struck by a piece of mine roof that fell from between the roof bolts & rib & struck employee on his shoulders. He was roof bolting & had bent over to pick up a tube of resin that he'd dropped at the time of the accident.
Employee was struck by a rock that fell from in between roof bolts.
While roof bolting, employee set the foot jack which broke thru a piece of rock. The rock then struck him on the top of his foot (L).
EE was struck by a piece of rock that fell from between the roof bolts. He was walking to the front of the miner to help set bits at the time this accident occurred.