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EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A ROCK FELL SLIDING DOWN STEEL HE WAS HOLDING.
DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING ON R SHOULDER
LOWERING CANOPY TO SWING HEAD ROCK APPROX. 6" X 6" X 1" BROKE OFF AND FELL STRIKING BRIDGE OF NOSE. NOSE BROKEN AND LACERATION.
BENT OVER TO PICK UP TIMBER HE HAD JUST SAWED. HE HAD HIS BACK TO THE RIB WHEN A PIECE OF COAL 12" THICK BY 18 BY 18 ROLLED OFF MIDDLE MAN STRIKING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER DRIVING HI S HEAD INTO COAL ON THE BOTTOM.
INJURED WAS HEL1ING TO SET A 16' TIMBER & WAS LOOKING UP TO GET IT STRAIGHTENED TO WEDGE WHEN HE DISLODGED A ROCK APPROX 3"X3"X4" WHICH FELL & STRUCK HIM ACROSS THE NOSE.