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INJURED WAS OPERATING A SINGLE-BOOM-DRILL ON A RETREAT SECTION WHEN STARTING A HOLE. PRESSURE FROM DRILL STEEL CAUSED A PIECE OF ROCK TO DISLODGE, STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT HAND (RING FIGNER).
INJURED WAS OPERATING A SINGLE BOOM ROOF DRILL IN AN AREA THAT WAS WEATHERED 5 BLOCKS FROM PIT MOUTH IN A REBOLT OPERATION WHEN A ROCK 3INX3INX6IN FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT H AND WHICH WAS RESTING ON HEAD OF BOLTER INJURING THUMB ON LEFT HAND
VICTIM ALLEGES THAT HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE OPERATING BOLTER ON 6-24-88 BUT DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 10:30 P.M. ON STURDAY--6-25-88. HE SAID WHILE HE WAS BOLTING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK BUT DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY -- WHICH IS AN IDLE DAY FOR THE MINE.
INJURED RECEIVE8 A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT WRIST.
AREA OF UNSTABLE ROOF MINER HAD CUT THRU 1 SHEAR WIDE BOLTER IN TO INSTALL BOLTS HAD PUT TWO ROLL OF BOLTS IN AND STARTED THE THIRD WHEN JACK DISLODGED STRICKING VICTIM IN LEFT LEG CAUSING A CLOSE FX OF FEMUR