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EMPLOYEE WAS LE5NING AGAINST BOLTER BOOM WITH ARMS IN TRAY TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT STRIKING RT ARM AND FRACTURING IT THE ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS THE ROCK WAS 8-10 IN WIDE 24 TO 27 IN LONG AND 6 IN THICK
EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING BELTLINE WHEN A ROCK FELL ONTO LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING BY THE MINER TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING BOTH EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING BY THE MINER TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING BOTH EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEE WAS RO2F BOLTING AND REACHED TO GET A ROOF BOLT FROM TRAY WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LT INDEX FINGER FRACTURING IT
ROCK FELL FROM 6ETWEEN BOLTS ONTO EMPLOYEES HAND AND DRILL POT MACHINE WAS IDLE AT TIME OF ACCIDENT
I.NAME WAS SITT3NG ON ROOFBOLTER BY FRONT TRAM CONTROLS WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING I.NAME ON TOP OF THE HEAD & LEFT SHOULDER I.NAME HAD A LACERATION BEHIND HIS LEFT EAR WHICH REQUIRED STITCH9S
EMPL STRUCK BY 9OCK WHICH FELL FROM BETWEEN RIB AND ROOFBOLT.
ROCK FELL OUT ON TOP OF HEAD
THE EE WAS SCRATCHING HIS HEAD WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON T HE HEAD & CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMP WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK 6 INCH BY 1/4 INCH THICK WHILE SETTING SIGHTS
EE WAS REMOVING AIR TUBING & ROCK FELL FROM ROOF.
PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF & LACERATED UPPER RIGHT ARM.
THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRY DOWN A LOOSE ROCK WITH A S\BAR. THE AREA WAS APPROX 14\ HIGH AND THE BAR WA TO HEAVY TO HOLD OUT THIS FAR. THE INJURED LAYED THE BAR DOWN ON THE BOOM OF HIS B OLTER WHEN THE ROCK FELL STRIKING THE BAR AND FLIPPING IT AGAINST HIS RIGHT CHEEK RESULTING IN A FX ORBIT
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING THE RECOVERY OF A CONTINUOUS MIN MACHINE WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE TOP STRIKING HIT LEFT INDEX FINGER BREAKING IT. HE HAD HIS HAND ON ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
INJURED WAS SETTING A TIMBER IN THE BELT ENTRY OWHEN SOME LAMINATED ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM BELOW HIS RIGHT EYE RESULTING IN A LACERATION
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT FACE WHEN ROCK FELL STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER AND FORCED HEAD INTO VALVE LEVERS ON ROOF BOLTER INJURY RESULTED IN SEVERAL SUTURES TO FACE AND LOWER LIP
CRAWLING THROUGH CHOCKLINE -PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN CHOCKS AND STRUCK BACK OF RIGHT HAND -FRACTURE OF 2ND METACARPAL OF RIGHT HAND.