A ROCK FELL FROM BACK STRIKING MINER ON LEFT HAND SLAB CAME FROM BETWEEN 2 MATS SPACED APPROXIMATELY 3-4 FT APART 20FT UP IN SHRINK STOPE
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Showing all 10HIT IN UPPER NECK BACK OF HEAD BY FLY ROCK CUT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.
MAN WAS BARRING DOWN IN STOPE; A SLAB OF UNDETERMINED SIZE HIT HIM ON HEAD & SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STAGING UP IN RAISE WHEN A ROCK APPROX. 150# FELL FROM HANGING WALL HITTING HIM IN LEFT ARM. LACERATION WAS DEEP, REQUIRING 10 PLUS STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN GETTING READY TO BOLT UP WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BACK HITTING HIM ON THUMB OF RIGHT HAND CAUSING CHIP FRACTURE.
MINER WAS WATER3NG DOWN MUCK PILE AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT A ROCK FROM UNKNOWN ORIGIN HIT HIM IN BACK OF HEAD RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED 5 STITCHES
WORKING IN MUCK3ZONE PREPARING TO BLAST SOME BOULDERS.ROCK LOOSE,CAME FROM BACK HITTING HIM ON LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND RESTING ON A BOULDER.
WHILE CHANGING 2UT JACK LEGS ON A DRILL A SMALL ROCK CAME FROM RIB OR BACK & HIT EE ON BACK OF LEFT HAND.
MONER WAS WLAKING TO A NEARBY SUPPLY AREA TO F ET ROOF BOLTS &/OR MATS & WAS HIT ON T HE ELFT SHOULDER BY A SLAB WEIGHING AN ESTIMATED 75#-100# WHICH FELL FROM THE BACK.
BARRING DOWN LOOSE SLAB FROM BACK WHEN SLAB BROKE LOOSE.IT SLID DOWN BAR,HIT EMPL IN LEFT ARM AT ELBOW.