CHECKING PERMISSIBITITY OF ROOF BOLTER & ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS-BRUISING BACK & TOES ON RIGHT FOOT.
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Showing all 7TAKING LOAD OF SUPPLIES TO 5RT SECTION & STOPPED TO LOAD 4 POSTS LAYING ALONG TRACK ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN A CROSSBAR & PIT MOUTH CANOPY STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ELBOW & HIP
WHILE OPERATING A REMOTE CONTROL MINER, THE OPERATOR EXPLAINED THAT A PIECE OF HEAD-COAL FELL FROM BETWEEN TWO BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FOOT. ALTHOUGH THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING METARSAL BOOT S THE HEADCOAL CAUSED A CONTUSION UPON HIS LEFT FOOT. NO MEDICAL TREAMENT WAS PROVIDED AT THE INNESITE. THE EMPLOYEE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO A FAMILY PHYSICIAN THE FOLLOWING DAY. ALL
WHILE OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER, A PIECE OF HEAD COAL FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS, ROLLED INTO THE CANOPY AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE FOOT. ALL X-RAYS AT PRESTON MEMORIAL ER WERE NEGATIV E. THE EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN FIRST-AID TREATMENT AT THE MINE SITE.
EMPLOYEE HAD HI8 RIGHT HAND ON THE FRAME OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF HEAD COAL FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND. THE TOP WAS FULLY BOLTED AND EMPLOYEE WAS OUT OF THE OPER ATORS DECK MOVI3G HIS CABLE TO THE RIB. HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND RECEIVED STITCHES & THE END BONE OF THAT FINGER WAS FRACTURED.
A SHARP SLAB OF3ROKC FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIS ARM AND CAUSING A LACERATION INJURED WAS REACHING FOR A BOLT WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED
LOADING BOLTING SUPPLIES ON BOLTER IN THE LAST OPEN X-CUT BETWEEN #1 AND #2 ENTRY.HE WAS BENT OVER NEXT TO RIB WHEN ROCK 5\ X 2\ X 3\\ FELL STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF HEAD AND RIGHT FOOT.I.NAME REC\D BRUISES TO HEAD AND RIGHT FOOT.