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VICTIM WAS BOLTING IN CROSSCUT FROM 3 TO 2 WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND BIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER.
THIS ILLNESS WAS REPORTED ON 6-19-90 BUT NO TIME WAS LOST UNTIL 7-13-90. ON 6-19-90, I.NAME SAID THAT HIS BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM WHEN THE DOZER HE WAS OPERATING WAS GOING OVER ROCKS, ETC. THEN ON 7-12-90 HE SAID HIS BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM AGAIN AND HE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD GO TO THE DOCTOR AND HAVE IT CHECKED.
ONE OF CREW WAS SAWING TIMBER WITH HYD CHAIN SAW, EMPL WAS STANDING CLOSE BY WAITING TO SET TIMBER SOME SAW DUST FROM SAW HIT HIM IN EYE.
OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET 1ST BOLT IN 3RD ROW. AFTER DRILLING 1ST 24" OF HOLE, HE INSERTED 2ND 24" STEEL. NEEDING ABOUT 1/4" INCH TO CONNECT 2 PIECES OF STEEL, HE ATTEMPTED TO RAISE HEA D. STILL HOLDING ON TO STEEL TO CLEAN UNDER HEAD. WHEN HE RAISED THE DRILL HEAD HE PINNED HIS HAND BETWEEN STEEL AND MINE ROOF.
SETTING BOLTS A PART ROOF FELL BETWEEN THE T BAR OF ATRS AND THE SAFETY POST HITTING OPER ON HEAD AND L ARM
I.NAME WAS LOADING CABLE ON THE BOOM OF AN 11CM JOY MINER WHEN HIS LEFT HAND WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE MINER BOOM. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.
INJURED WAS LOADING MINER CABLE WHEN MINER MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY STRIKING MINER IN RIGHT KNEE & KNOCKING HIM DOWN. KNEE LATER SWELLED & INJURED REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
BOLTER OPERATOR3WAS SETTING A 636' EPOXY BOLT,THE BOLT WASN'T SHUVED COMPLETY AGAINST THE MINE ROOF LACKING ABOUT 8'AND HUNG OPERATOR TRIED SPINNING THE BOLT,WHILE PUSHING WITH HEAD OF BOLTER.
I,NAME WAS HELPING OTHER EMPLOYEE CLEAN A CLINE TRUCK GETTING READY TO INSTALL AN ENGINE IN THE SAME. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE STEAM JENNY AND I,NAME WALKED UP TO THE TRUCK-OTHER EMPLO YEE TURNED & THE SPRAY FROM THE JENNY DEFLECTED & SPRAYED INTO HIS FACE.
REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN STEEL & HEAD OF BOLTER 5TH FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
I.NAME PARKING MOTOR GRADER.HE WENT TO STOP ENGINE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.OTHER I.NAME AND MYSELF WAS THERE ATTIME SO OTHER I.NAME STAYED IN MACHINE WITH I.NAME AND I CALLED RESCUE SP