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AFTER INSTALLING THE 3RD BOLT OF THE FIRST ROW WHILE DRILL HEAD STILL AGAINST BOLTER THE LEFT RIB ROLLED OVER. THE RIB STRUCK EE RIGHT LEG AND ANKLE KNOCKING HIM OVER IN FRONT OF BOLTER MACHIN E. THE PIECE OF COAL WAS 48"WX52"HX7" THICK. TOPOF RIB SLAB WAS 8" BELOW ROOF LINE.
A PIECE OF COAL ABOUT 1.5' X 1' X 6" THICK FELL OUT OF ROOF FROM BETWEEN THE PANS, STRIKKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE FLETCHER BOLTER. HE WAS BEGINNING TO ADVANCE THE MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN TWO PANS PIECE OF ROCK WAS ABOUT 4 FT LONG BY 3 FT WIDE BY 8-10 INCHES THICK. IT HIT EE ON THE HEAD AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN INTO THE WALKWAY OF THE MACHINE.
A 6FTX5FTX24IN LEFT RIB CHUNK ROLLED OFF STRIKING BOLTER OPERATOR & HELPER PINNING THEM UNDERNEATH CHUNK OF COAL AS THE7Y WERE REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM #2 BOLT ON FIRST ROW
A 6FTX5FTX24IN LEFT RIB CHUNK ROLLED OFF STRIKING BOLRE OPERATOR & HELPER PINNING THEM UNDERNEATH CHUNK OF COAL AS THEY WERE REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM #2 BOLT ON FIRST ROW
EE WAS STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE MINE ROADWAY WHEN THE UNITRAC RAN OVER A TIMBER IN THE ROAD WAY SWINGING THE TIMBER AROUND KNOCKING HIS FEETE OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS B ACK
ROOF BOLTER WAS BOLTING 1ST BOLT OF A ROW WHEN A BUMP DISLODGED A PIECE OF RIB ROCK WHICH HIT A RIB TIMER WHICH HIT HIM PUSHING HIM INTO BOLTING MACHINE.
HE WAS OPERATING THE LEE NORSE 497 CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE RIB BLEW OUT THROWING PIECES OF COAL AT HIM. THE PIECES OF COAL STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK, THE BACK OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND THE BACK AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD.
I NAME WAS DRIVING KUBOTA TRACTOR TO FACE WHEN AT CROSSCUT 21 ON HAULAGE ROAD HEFORGET TO DECK TO CLEAR RUN ROOF THUS STRIKING HIS HEAD ON ROOF.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN 2 PANS ROOF MATS AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD LEFT LEG AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT HE REQUIRED STITCHES ABOVE LEFT EYE AND SU SUSTAINED ONE BROKEN BONE ON LEFT FOOT
HE HAD JUST BEGUN TO DRILL A HOLE FOR INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND SLID OFF THE TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORT AND STRUCK HIM ON LOWER BACK
MR CURTIS WAS HELPING ON THE ROOF BOLTER WHILE INSTALLING A RESIN ROOF BOLT HE WAS STANDING ON THE TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORT OF THE BOLTER WHEN THE OPERATOR LOWERED THE TRS MR CURTIS FOOT WAS PIN CHED BY ONE OF THE SUPPORTS ON THE TRS AS IT CAME DOWN