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EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN SOME HEAD COAL AND ROCK FELL ON HIM.
HEAD COAL FELL ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE BACK WHILE BOLT MACHINE WAS TURNING INTO #9 FACE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT ARM
MAN WAS GETTING INTO OPERATOR DECK OF BOLT MACHINE AND HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON BARKER FRAME X RAYSED ON 2-20-92 ON BROKEN BONES FOUND.
MAN WAS SETTING LAST ROW OF ROOFBOLTS IN CROSSCUT & A PIECE OF ROCK 4INX8INX24IN FELL FROM THE ROOF BETWEEN THE3 ATRS & LAST ROW OF BOLTS ROCK HIT MAN ON LOWER LEFT LEG & BROKE THE FIBULA BONE
PIECE OF ROCK 2"X4"X1/8" FELL FROM ROOF & HIT MAN ON END OF NOSE RESULTING IN CUT 5/4" LONG. THIS OCCURED WHILE BOLTING.
WHILE SETTING BOLT ROCK FELL 2X6X8 AND HIT BOLTER OPERATORS RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAINST BOLTER HEAD. FINGER WAS X RAYED NO FRACTURE DISOLATIONS OR INTERNAL DANAGED FOUND. AESO NO CUT WERE PRESE NT MAN MISSED ONE DAY OF WORK FOR OBSERVATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME OUT OF TOP AND HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE BOLT MACHINE AND WHILE TRYING TO REACH A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL THAT DROPPED DOWN IN THE MACHINE HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE HEAD BOOM AND THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE IN JURED INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND
EMPLOYEE WORKING AS BOLT MACHJINEMPLOYEE WORKING AS BOLT MACHINE HELPER AND WHILE INSERTING BOLT INTO THE DRILLED HOLE CAUGHT HIS GLOVE BETWEEN BOLT PLATE AND ROOF. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED T O BOLT, BOLT PLATE CUT INDEX FINGER AND BRUISED HAND
EMP WAS DRILLING A HOLE FOR ROOF BOLTER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD. IT DIDNT CUT THE SKIN BUT DOES HAVE A BRUISE
BOLTING AND SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND STRUCK EMPL LEFT EYE BLURRING VISION.