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MINER GONE TO RETURN AIR COURSE TO RELIEVE HIMSELF AND WHILE THERE 2 SMALL PIECES OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE IS A ROOF BOLTER, AND HE WAS IN PROCESS OF SETTING SAFETY JACKS INA PLACE HE WAS GOING BOLT WHEN THE PLACE STARTING FALLING. AS HE TRIED TO GET CLEAR OF THE FALL, A PIECE OS ROCK CAUGHT HIM ON THE LOWER BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING THE MANS LEFT HAND
MAN WAS SETTING TIMBERS FOR A WILCOX MINER WHEN A ROCK FALL OCCURRED, TRAPPING THE MAN. ADMITTED TO ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY.