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SETTING PROP WHILE STRIKING WEDGE W/BRASS HAMMER, HIT TO PA ND WEDGE CAUSING LOOSE SHALE TO FALL. FALLING SHALE STRUCK SAFETY GLASSES AND SOME FELL BETWEEN GLASSES AND HARDHAT BRIM ENTERING R IGHT EYE.
WAS RUNNING MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF THE ROOF HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD.
WAS SETTING STEEL AND A PIECE OF RACK FELL AND HIT HIS ANKLE HE FRACTURED IT.
WAS GETTING TO CAB OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL CAUSING HIM TO HIT H IS ARM ON THE BOLTER
WAS SETTING ON ROOF BOLTER EATING HIS DINNER AND HE TOOK HIS HARD AT OFF TO SCRATCH HIS HEAD WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE FELL AND CUT HIM.
WAS EATING DINNER BEHIND BOLTER, ROCK FELL OUT, HITTING RIGHT LEG. IT WAS TREATED FIRST AID. 4 DAYS LATER HIS DOCTOR PUT HIM ON REST DUTY DUE TO INFECTION AT THE INJURED PLACE.
WAS RUNNING A MINER WITH THE REMOTE WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM THE ROOF AND HIT HIS HAND.
LOADING SUPPLIES WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK EMPL ON HEAD RESULTING IN NECK STRAIN
SCALING DOWN LOOSE ROCK JUST PRIOR TO ROOF BOLTING WHEN A ROCK FELL THROUGH TRS RING AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND FRACTURING FINGER.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING A ROCK FELL AT THE FACE. EMPLOYEE RAN TO THE REAR OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHERE ANOTHER ROCK FELL FROM PREVIOUSLY BOLTED ROOF AND STRUCK HIS SHOULDER. WENT OF WORK FOR CORRE CTIVE SURGERY 2-2-89.
WHILE INSTALLING CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S FACE CAUSING LACERATION.
INJURED IN 19863ONLY MEDICAL TREATMENT THEN WERE DIAGNOSTIC XRAYS RETURNED FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT IN 1987 AND THEN BEGAN MISSING WORK DUE TO THE EXTENT OF MEDICAL CARE NOW ON RESTICTED DUTY
HELPING TO HANG3MINER TRAILING CABLE WITH ANOTHER PERSON WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF & STRUCK EMPLOYEES FACE & NOSE
INJURED KNEE PR9VIOUSLY AND LOST TIME DUE TO SURGERY INJURED 7-2-87.
SPLICING A CONV9YOR BELT WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEES HAND.
ROCK "BROW" FELL STRIKING CANOPY OF BOLTER, SLID DOWN BACK OF CANOPY & ROLLED OFF SIDE OF CANOPY. THIS STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE PINNING HIM AGAINST THE RIB.
A ROCK FELL FRO4 BETWEEN ROOF B/LTS WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ROCK DUSTING. THE KNEE WAS FRACTURED BUT NOT DIAGNOSED FOR 5 MONTHS.
CLEANING ROCKS FROM THE TOP OF CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN MOVE ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE\S HAND.
EMPLOYEE AND CREW WERE SETTING 8 IN TOP AND PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT BRUISING IT
WHILE SWINGING THE BOOM TO INSTALL THE CENTER N BOLT A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF & STRUCK EES HAND WHICH WAS ONT HE CANOPY.
A ROCK 12INX10INX4IN FELL FROM ROOF & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF NECK WHILE HE WAS CLEANING STONE FROM TOP OF MINER
MINER WAS STANDING IN INTERSECTION WHEN ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND HIT HIS FOOT FRACTURING SOME BONES
BUILDING CRIBBING WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE FROM THE TOP HE LOOKED UP AND A ROCK STRUCK HIS FACE
CLEANING BELT WHEN SMALL ROCK FALL STRUCK MINER ON SHOULDER CAUSING CONTUSIONS.