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EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING STARTER STEEL IN TAP AND ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT NECK, SHOULDER, AND HAND
THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR SET ATRS. EMPLOYEE WALKED UP TO SWING BOOM OUT. ROCK FELL PAST LAST ROW OF BOLTS AND HIT CANOPY WHICH BROKE, CAUSING ROCK TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK AND LEGS. (PERM. DISABILITY - SPINAL CORD INJURED, BUT NOT SEVERED; BROKEN BACK.)
Employee was bolting top on corner turn break. Rock fell out of corner hitting canopy and then hitting his right foot.
EE WAS ROCK DUSTING BEHIND CURTIN IN #5 ENTRY. DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP, STRIKING EE'S RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT FOOT. APPROX. 20" X 20" X 2" THICK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRAYS UP. SMALL TO MEDIUM ROCK FELL FROM TOP, STRUCK IN LOWER BACK CENTER OF BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE SCOOP DECK WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF PINNING HIM AGAINST THE BOTTOM CAUSING THE INJURY.
AS THE EE WAS MOVING THE CONT MINER INTO THE #5 ENTRY, HE HAD BENT OVER TO MOVE THE CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF. THE ROCK MEASURED 29" WIDE BY 8" THICK BY 4.5" LONG AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK.
THE INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING DOWN LINE CURTAIN IN THE #9 ENTRY WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING THE INJURY ON THE SHOULDER HE COMPLAINED OF INJURES TO HIS KNEE, NECK AND BACK. RE RECEIVE D 4 STITCHES ON HIS RT WRIST.