Employee had just scaled the top went to step forward to bar down another piece, and a small thin piece of trona fell striking and cutting their upper lip. Employee received 5 stitches.
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Showing all 6EE was observing a roof bolter put in a bolt, when a piece of rock fell out of the roof cutting EE's arm requiring 16 stitches.
A roof bolter operator was beginning to center-bolt a freshly cut entry, the operator was struck on the hardhat by a loose rock. The rock pressed the operator's head into the levers on the bolter's hydraulic control bank.
A piece of trona broke loose on the interface of the rib and roof striking EE.
A piece of trona broke loose on the interface of the rib and roof striking EE.
While roof bolting a rock fell and struck the hard hat of the EE, pushing hat onto EE's glasses, which caused glasses to lacerate EE's nose.