SECTION BOSS WAS PULLING DRAW ROCK (LOOSE) WHEN IT SEALED ON OUT OVER HIM HITTING HIM ON TOP OF HEAD, BACK OF NECK, & RIGHT FOREARM.
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Showing all 4VICTIM WAS HELPING ON CONTINUOUS MINER WATCHING CABLE MINER WAS MOVING TO ANOTHER PLACE VICTIM WAS GETTING CABVLE FROM HAULWAY LAYING CABLE ON RIB WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING VIC TIM ON RT HAND SCRATCHING TOP OF HAND UP & REQUIRING 5 STITCHES IN LITTLE FINGER
MINER MAN HAD JUST ARRIVED AT MINER & WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF WAY A PIECE OF ROCK 2FT BY 3FT & 4IN THICK FELL & HIT HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD CUTTING HIS LEFT EAR
SMALL PEACE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT LEFT LEG FROM BEHIND AS EE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE REAR OF ROOF BOLTER.