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SMALL PIECE OF ROOF ROCK DISLODGED STRIKING VICTIM'S LEFT ARM AT OR NEAR THE ELBOW, RESULTING IN PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT ARM.
INDIVIDUAL WAS TRAMMING MINER OUTBY LAST OPEN BREAK, WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS INJURING HIS FOOT. THE SIZE OF THE ROCK WAS 1 1/2" THICK X 3 1/2' WIDE X 4" LONG.
INDIVIDUAL WAS SETTING TIMBERS IN LEFT CUT OF #47 BLOCK WHEN ROCK FELL IN CUT AND SHOVED OUT TWO TIMBERS (ONE OF WHICH) HIT HIM IN THE SIDE. HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF ENTRY HELPING INDIVIDUAL SA W ANOTHER TIMBER.
INDIVIDUAL WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE REMOTE MODE,WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 40" BY 30" BY 1/2" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND RIB STRIKING THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE BACK AND H EAD,KNOCKING HIM TO THE FLOOR.(INDIVIDUAL WAS UNDER THE 4TH ROW OF ROOF SUPPORT.MSHA SUPPORT INSPECTOR WAS AT THE MINE AND INVESTIGATED THE ACCIDENT.)
INDIVIDUAL WAS OPERATING CONT MINER IN #5 HEADING WHEN A BROW 11FEET LONG 22INCHES WIDE & 4INCHES THICK FELL HITTING THE INDIVIDUAL NATURE OF THE INJURY WAS 3 FRACTURED RIBS THE INDIVIDUAL WAS UNDER SUPPORTED ROOF
95495IDUAL WAS CLEANING NO.90 TAILPIECE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF BHITTING THE TAILPIECE AND THEN STRIKING THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE LEFT ARM AND RIGHT KNEE SIZE OF DRAW S 3135015X18X3
ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS HIT ON R SHOULDER
WHILE GETTING OUT OF SCOOP,PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM SUPPORTED ROOF HITTING TAILBONE.(DRAW ROCK)
INDV STRUCK BY A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE 4' X 4' X 2" ON THE RIGHT ANKLE.IT FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS.GAVE NO WARNING IT WAS ABOUT TO FALL.INJURY OCCURRED AT END OF THE TRACK.
OPERATING MINER; HE BENT OVER AND A ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON HIS NECK.
INJURED WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A WATER LINE,WHEN A SLAB OF ROCK FROM THE MINE ROOF FELL,LANDING IN HIS LAP.THE ROCK PINNED HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND BOTH LEGS,THUS CAUSING M INOR INJURY.
STRAPPING PIECE OF DRAW ROCK AND ROCK FELL PINNING HIM AGAINST RIB.
HELPING MINER OPERATOR WITH CABLE AND A ROCK (8' X 2' 10") FELL FROM THE TOP, BETWEEN THE RIB AND BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEG.
WHILE HELPING O3 THE MINER, A PIECE OF ROCK, APPROXIMATELY 2' BY 2' BY 1" FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE RT. SHOULDER.
APPARENTLY, HE 4AS SCALING ROCK AND WAS HIT BY A ROCK FALL
HE WAS HANGING 7URTAIN AND ROCK FEL FROM RIB OVER TO PIN LINE
HE WAS SITTING 8OWN IN #5 ENTRY TO EAT DINNER AND A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 4X3X5 INCHES THICK, FELL ON HIM HITTING HIM ON HIS NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
REMOVING TIEOFF3STAND FROM TOP OF MINE ROOF.WHEN HE WAS TAKING FINAL PIN DOWN,ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON CHEST PINNING HIM TO GROUND.
HE WAS TRAMMING THE SCOOTER ON THE TRACK AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING HIM.
HE WAS WATCHING MINER CABLE AND A KETTLE BOTTOM HIT HIM