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WORKER WAS INSSTALLING PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORTS WITH ATRS ROOF BOLTER AND WAS IN THE AREA OF THE LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS WITH THE ATRS BEAM PRESSURIZED. WORKER SCALED SOME LOOSE ROCK DOWN WITH A ROCK BAR IN THE PROPOSED DRILLING AND PART OF IT GLANCED OFF OF RIB AND STRUCK WORKER ON SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT. X-RAYS THE FOLLOWING DAY REVEALED NO BROKEN BONES. WORKER WAS PLACED OR RES. W
WORKER WAS OPERATING A CONT. MINER AND HAD JUST FINISHED THE ONE SIDE AND WAS BACKING THE MACHINE (REMOTE CONTROL), UP TO START THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CUT, WHEN A LAYER OF ROCK FROM THE ROOF, 1 "TO 2" THICK X 3' WIDE X 5' TO 6' LONG, FELL BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE BOLTED ROOF, STRIKING THE WORKER IN THE BACK AND THE RT FOOT ALONG WITH TWISTING RT FOOT. WORKER DISCOVERED NEXT DAY THAT
MAN WAS HELPING TO RMEOVE A BLOCK WALL. WHILE REMOVING, BLOCKS HE HEARDS THE RIB DRIBBLING AS HE WAS BACKING AWAY A SECTION OF RIB COAL APPROX 4 FEET BY 4 FEET BY 1 FOOT THICK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER PUSHING HIM DOWN. MAN HA DBRUISES AND CONTUSIONS TO THE LEFT CHEEK, RIGTH SHOULDER AND LEFT HIP.
WORKER WAS PREPARING TO BOLT AN AREA WHEN HE WALKED BACK TO MID POINT ON ROOF BOLTER WHERE A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS CATCHING THE WORKER'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE FRAME OF THE ROOF BOLTER.