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SETTING TIMBERS AND PIECE OF ROOF MATERIAL APPROX 3" X4" FELL STRIKING NOSE.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE #4 LEFT CROSSCUT IN THE FACE AREA OF #1 SECTION. THE INJURED, A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR, WAS THROWN AGAINST CANOPY WHEN ROOF FALL MATERIAL FELL IN LOADING END OF SHUTT LE CAR HE WAS OPERATING.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE #1 SECTION IN THE FACE AREA AT THE #4 LEFT CROSSCUT INJURED SECTION FOREMAN/MINER OPERATOR WAS STRUCK AND TRAPPED BY FALLING ROOF MATERIAL CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEF T LEG PELVIS.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER LOADING SHUTTLE CAR. PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX 36"X36"X2" FELL FROM BETWEEN PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT. DRAW ROCK FELL AT AN ANGLE ENTERING CANOPY OF MINE R AND STRUCK MINER OPERATOR.
REMOVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM CONTINUOUS MINER SHIELD AND A PIECE OF ROCKSCALE FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING IN BETWEEN SHOULDER.
79535 OF ROOF 2FTX2FTX2IN FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER & BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS IN #5 HEADING OUTBY LOXC HE WAS BENT OVER ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP ROOF BOLTER MACHINE CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK (2FTX18INX3IN) FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLT & RIB STRIKING HIM
EE WAS 7 BREAKS OUTBY 1 BELT TAILPIECE WALKING TOWARD OUTSIDE OF MINE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX. 3 1/2X 3/1/2 X 2 INCH FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF NECK.
COAL BROW FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST
TRAMMING MANTRIP ROCK FELL STRUCK ON R KNEE
THIS MAN WAS RETURNING THE CABLE IN THE MAIN CONTROL BOX IN THE DECK OF THE 12CM MINE WHEN PIECE OF ROCK 2' LONG 1/2" THICK FELL BETWEEN ROOF JACKS AND STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER BACK AND LEFT ELBOW BRUSING HIS ELBOW HE RETURNED TO WORK ON NEXT REGULAR SHIFT.
EE WAS ACTING AS SECTION FOREMAN AT TIME OF INJURY. HE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE MINER TALKING WITH THE MINER OPERATOR AT THAT TIME A PIECE OF ROCK AND SLATE BROKE LOOSE BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRAPS , STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS KNOCKING HIM TO THE MINE BOTTOM.
AT 10:15 AM I.NAME WENT TO THE SECTION DINNER HOLE TO HAVE LUNCH, WHILE HE WAS THERE A PIECE OF SLATE BROKE OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRAPS, AFALLING, STRIKING HIM ON HEAD AND NECK, ALSO A P IECE OF SLATE HIT HIM IN THE BACK CAUSING SOME PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.