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EMPLOYEE WAS LE5NING AGAINST BOLTER BOOM WITH ARMS IN TRAY TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT STRIKING RT ARM AND FRACTURING IT THE ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS THE ROCK WAS 8-10 IN WIDE 24 TO 27 IN LONG AND 6 IN THICK
AREA WAS WORKIN1 MEN AND EQUIPMENT WAS MOVED BACK TO AREA THOUGHT TO BE SAFE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING BELTLINE WHEN A ROCK FELL ONTO LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK AREA.
EMP WAS OBSERVI3G REPAIR WORK BEING DONE IN A BENT OVER POSITION WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON B ACK OF NECK AND SHOULDERS
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING BY THE MINER TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING BOTH EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING BY THE MINER TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING BOTH EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEE WAS RO2F BOLTING AND REACHED TO GET A ROOF BOLT FROM TRAY WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LT INDEX FINGER FRACTURING IT
ROCK FELL FROM 6ETWEEN BOLTS ONTO EMPLOYEES HAND AND DRILL POT MACHINE WAS IDLE AT TIME OF ACCIDENT
EMPLOYEE WAS RO7KDUSTING AND ROCK FELL FROM TOP ONTO HARD HAT/HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS WA7CHING MINER CABLE WHILE MINER WAS MOVING & A 7FTX14TO23INX0TO31/2IN THICK ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HEADEMPLOYEE WAS DAISED HAS A COMPRESSED SPINE & DOU BLE VISION 3
I.NAME WAS SITT3NG ON ROOFBOLTER BY FRONT TRAM CONTROLS WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING I.NAME ON TOP OF THE HEAD & LEFT SHOULDER I.NAME HAD A LACERATION BEHIND HIS LEFT EAR WHICH REQUIRED STITCH9S
EMPLOYEE WAS ST9UCK BY LOOSE ROOF/RIB WHICH FELL
EMPL STRUCK BY 9OCK WHICH FELL FROM BETWEEN RIB AND ROOFBOLT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST9UCK BY ROCK FROM ROOF.
THE EMPLOYEE TURNED TO RUN WHEN A ROCK FELL AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT FOOT.
ROCK FELL OUT ON TOP OF HEAD
THE EE WAS SCRATCHING HIS HEAD WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON T HE HEAD & CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
ROCK FELL FROM ROOF WHILE WATCHING MINER CABLE
SCALING ROCK WITH BAR
THE EE HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF MINER CANOPY & SOME ROCK FELL OUT. FX LT 4TH FINGER.
EMP WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK 6 INCH BY 1/4 INCH THICK WHILE SETTING SIGHTS
EE WAS REMOVING AIR TUBING & ROCK FELL FROM ROOF.
A PIECE OF TOP COAL 24" IN DIAMETER BY 1 1/2" THICK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS INSTALLED IN T HE RIB ROW AT AN INTERSECTION CORNER HITTING INJURED OIN THE HEAD CAUSING UNCONSCIOUSNESS & A POSSIBLE CONCUSSION.
PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF & LACERATED UPPER RIGHT ARM.
ROCK FELL AS EE WAS GETTING OUT OF C/M RESULTING IN SEVERE CONTUSIONS TO RIGHT KNEE.
INJURED WAS HANDLING MINER CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING A GLANCING BLOW TO THE INJUREDS LEFT ARM & KNEE. STHIS RESULTED IN A TWISTING MOTION THAT INJURED THE EMPLOYEES BACK
THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRY DOWN A LOOSE ROCK WITH A S\BAR. THE AREA WAS APPROX 14\ HIGH AND THE BAR WA TO HEAVY TO HOLD OUT THIS FAR. THE INJURED LAYED THE BAR DOWN ON THE BOOM OF HIS B OLTER WHEN THE ROCK FELL STRIKING THE BAR AND FLIPPING IT AGAINST HIS RIGHT CHEEK RESULTING IN A FX ORBIT
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING THE RECOVERY OF A CONTINUOUS MIN MACHINE WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE TOP STRIKING HIT LEFT INDEX FINGER BREAKING IT. HE HAD HIS HAND ON ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
INJURED WAS SETTING A TIMBER IN THE BELT ENTRY OWHEN SOME LAMINATED ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM BELOW HIS RIGHT EYE RESULTING IN A LACERATION
TORN DOWN CURTAIN WITH SCOOP AND WAS REHANG IT WHEN ROCK FELL OUT AND STRUCK ON LEFT UPPER ARM RESULTING IN CONTUSION AND LACERATION.
THE INJURED MAN WAS HANDLING A MINER CABLE DURING A MOVE WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ARM
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT FACE WHEN ROCK FELL STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER AND FORCED HEAD INTO VALVE LEVERS ON ROOF BOLTER INJURY RESULTED IN SEVERAL SUTURES TO FACE AND LOWER LIP