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INJ INSTALLING ROOF BOLT. BOLT BENT CATCHING HAND AGAINST ROOF PLATE.
INJURED WAS ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE HEAD AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
DRAW ROCK FELL ON VICTIM IT MEASURED 3 FT WIDE 3 1/2 FEET LONG AND 4 1/2" THICK.IT FELL CATCHING RIGHT LEG LOWER RIBS AND SHOULDER.BOLTER HAD INSTALLED FIRST RIB BOLT WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR SEC OND BOLT WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
WHILE TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER THE LEFT HEAD SLID INTO THE RIB THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREED THE HEAD WHILE HIS HELPER WAS OPERATING THE MACHINE FROM THE DECK WHEN ENGERIZED THE INJURED WAS OVER THE CANOPY & WAS CAUGHT AGAINST THE ROOF
INJURED WAS REACHING ACROSS ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO GET A SLATE BAR AND THE OPERATOR MOVED MACHINE WHILE HIS FOOT WAS IN FRONT OF TIRE.
INJURED WAS TURQUEING ROOF BOLTS WITH TORQUE WRENCH HAD HIS RIGHT FOOT IN PATH OF ROOF BOLTER MACHINE, WHEN OPERATOR MOVED MACHINE HIS FOOT WAS RAN OVER.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRICKING INJURED ON HIS RIGHT HIP.
INJ WAS REMOVIN1 ROOF BOLTS OFF TRAILING CABLE THAT HAD FALEN OFF ROOF BOLTING BMACHINE. HIS HELPER MOVED MACHINE BACKWARDS CATCHING HIS RT FOOT BENEATH MACHINE. POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF BIG TOE ON RT FOOT BRUI8E AND LACERATION
INJURED WAS DRILLING COAL WITH A WAGON DRILL AND HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK.