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Roof bolter was getting second steel. Hand was on top of drill steel control arms; rock fell out and smashed hand.
Employee was pushing slider in #4 entry when a piece of roof rock fell and struck him on the right leg causing him to fall and twist right knee.
A rock fell from the roof of the mine and landed on the miner. It then bounced off the miner and hit the employee in the mouth, chipping his tooth and scratching his eye.
Employee was bent over, moving mining cable, when a rock approximately 2'x1'x2" fell, striking the employee on his lower back. The employee had just scaled some rock from the same area, and said the remainder looked good.