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AT THE #4 APPROACH TO WEST PORTAL FAN SHAFT EMPLOYEE WAS MARKING UP THE DATE BOARD. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND EMPLOYEE JUMPED BACK AND FELL BACKWARDS.
ON 1 SAW SECTION SITTING IN CENTER OF FLETCHER WALK THRU BOLTER, HAD LEFT HAND ON TOP OF TRAIN LEVER GUARD, ROCK FELL 3FT OUT OF TOP STRIKING LEFT THUMB CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING 8 SUTURE S.
EE STATED THAT A PIECE OF ROCK SLOUGHED FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS HARD HAT.
EE STATED A PIECE OF ROOF SLOUGHED STRIKING HIM BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES.
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY A PIECE OF SLOUGHING ROOF.
WHILE EXAMINING THE REUTRN AIRWAY FROM 3 SOUTH TO THE WEST PORTAL FAN, A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING CERVICAL AND SHOULDER STRAIN.
ON 9D I #3 ENTRY WHILE PULLING RIB DRILL OUT OF RIB ROCKFELL STRIKING MAN ON HARD HAT CAUSING HAT TO LACERATE FOREHEAD REQUIRED 9 SUTURES
ON 7-D LONGWALL HEADGATE, EMPLOYEE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND RESTING ON THE COVERS OF THE DRIVE MOTORS. WHEN A PIEACE OF ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING ON TOP OF RIGHT HAND.
ON 7D LONGWALL ROCK FELL BETWEEN #2 & #3 SHIELDS STRIKING MAN ON LEFT LOWER BACK. X-RAY SHOWED FRACTURED RIB.
EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER TO MOVE THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE, A PIECE OF ROOF SLOUGHED STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF NECK.
A PIECE OF ROCK SLOUGHED FROM THE ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEES HARD HAT LACERATING FOREHEAD & LOWER LIP
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE HEAD CAUSING INJURIES TO HIS NECK.
INJURED WAS AVOIDING FALLING ROOF WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT EE ON RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT SIDE OF BODY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING ROCK OFF OF MACHINE WHEN A PIECE FELL FROM THE ROOF AND HIT HIM CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LITTLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.