EMPLOYEE HAD CLEANUP #2 BELT DRIVE & WAS SETTING WITH HIS BACK TO THE CAVER BELT THEN A SLUG OF DRAW ROCK CAME RIDE DOWN THE BELT & HIT HIM IN THE RT SIDE
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Showing all 3MINER GONE TO RETURN AIR COURSE TO RELIEVE HIMSELF AND WHILE THERE 2 SMALL PIECES OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE IS A ROOF BOLTER, AND HE WAS IN PROCESS OF SETTING SAFETY JACKS INA PLACE HE WAS GOING BOLT WHEN THE PLACE STARTING FALLING. AS HE TRIED TO GET CLEAR OF THE FALL, A PIECE OS ROCK CAUGHT HIM ON THE LOWER BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.