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EMPLOYEE PLACED RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF THE LONG JOHN AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP,MASHING HIS RIGHT HAND AND CUTTING HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CABLE SO THE MINER COULD BACK OUT OF A CUT THAT WAS JUST FINISHED. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, HITTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED EXAMINING HEADINGS AND CROSSCUT. HE WAS WAITING ON MINER TO START CUTTING AND HAD CRAWLED APPROXIMATELY 12' TO SIT NEXT TO THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SLAB OF DRAW ROCK F ELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.
INJURED WAS HELPING MINER TURN A BREAK WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.
A ROOF FALL APPROX. 11' X 8' X 0-10" THICK OCCURRED BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS CATCHING VICTIM UNDERNEATH THE ROCK.
HE WAS ON THE L9FT RIB ON THE RETURN SIDE OF THE JOY CONTINUOUS MINER. HE WENT MORE THAN 4 FEET INBY PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT THE UNSUPPORTED ROOF FELL TRAPPING HIM UNDERNEATH THE ROCK. THE VI CTIMS VISION MA2 HAVE BEEN OBSTRUCTED BY THE DUST PASSING INTO THE RETURN CROSSCUT AND HE MAY HAVE NOT NOTICED THAT ROOF BOLTS OF THE LAST ROW WERE MISSING.