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SUBJECT SET ROOF JACK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 1X2X2 CAME OUT OF ROOF STRIKING FOOT WITH EDGE. FOUR TOES ON THE LEFT FOOT WERE BROKEN.
THEY WERE SETTING BREAKER TIMBER ROW AFTER #1 PUSH IN #4 ENTRY. THEY BOTH WITNESSED TOP BEGIN TO SAG INSIDE PUSH. ONE ROW HAD ALREADY BEEN SET AT EDGE OF PERMANENT SUPPORT. THEY WERE BACKING A WAY WHEN A 3-4" SLAB OF CAP ROCK FELL IN PUSH. TWO TIMBERS WERE KNOCKED OUT, ONE OF WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ANKLE.
INJURED PARTY WAS SETTING A ROOF JACK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK STARTED TO FALL SO HE LET GO OF THE ROOF JACK AND TURNED AWAY WHEN THE ROOF JACK HIT HIM ON THE LEFT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.
SUBJECT WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE PORTAL IN ELKHORN SCOOP A WOOD BLOCK FELL OFF THE MACHINE & SUBJECT STOPPED TO PICK IT UP WHILE BENT OVER TO PICK UP BLOCK A ROCK MEASURING 3FTX5FT 8INX2IN THI CK FELL BETWEEN ROOF SUPPORT PANS STRIKING HIM OBACK
I.NAME SETTING 5INE BRATTICE FOR VENTILATION AFTER FINISHING PUSH WITH CONT.MINER.WAS SUSPENDING ONE END WITH POGO STICK WHEN HE WALKED UNDER 3' X 6' SECTION OF UNSUPPORTED ROOF.3' X 6' X 3'' ROCK FELL STRI5ING I.NAME ON LOWER BACK KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
MR EVERY WAS A HEMPING TO SET A ROOF JACK WHEN A PIECE OF6"X5\ ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP KNOCKING THE ROOF JACK BACK TOWARD HIM AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT SHIN TEARING SOME SKIN AWAY FROM THE SHIN.
WE WERE SETTING A BREAKER ROW SDURING PILLARING AND A PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT 4\ WIDE & 2" THICK FELL BETWEEN THE ROOF MATS AND BREAKER ROW HITTING FRANK ON THE HEAD AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND. HE WENT TO HOSPITAL AND GOT CHECKED OUT AND HE WAS ALL RIGHT