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OPERATOR WAS BOLTING IN #5 HEADING. ROCK BROKE OFF NEXT TO ATR'S BACK TO WARE OPERATOR CANOPY HITTING OPER. ON RIGHT SHOULDER BRUSING IT. OPERATOR WAS SENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM TO BE CHECKED OUT .
VICTIM TOLD HE WAS WALKING AROUND DRILL MACHINE WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF BACK AND SLIDING DOWN. VICTIM COMPLAIN WITH SORENESS AND STIFFNESS IN BA CK.
MINER OPER. WAS MOVING MINER TO ANOTHER WORKING ENTRY. EE WAS HELPING TO KEEP POWER CABLE OUT OF WAY. EE REACHED DOWN BESIDE OF OPER. DECK TO GET CABLE. IN DOING SO, THE OPER. DECK CAM IN CONT ACT WITH FLOOR OF MINES, CATCHING HIS THUMB. BUSTING HIS THUMB, AS OF NOW, STITCHES HAVE BEEN ALL THAT IT HAS REQUIRED.
OPERATOR HAD STARTED DRILLING HOLE IN ROOF TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT WHILE DRILLING HOLE PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING VICTIM ON TOP PART OF LEG CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND ABOUT 1 INCH LONG, RE QUIRING STITCHES. MORE OBSERVATION OF THE ROOF AREA CONCERNING LOOSE ROCK TO BE TAKEN DOWN PRIOR TO BOLTING.
CHANGING SUCTION HOSE ON ROOF BOLTER,ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK DOWN LEVER FOR DRILL HEAD,CAUGHT FINGER AND MASHED IT.
WHILE MOVING THE SAFETY JACK A PIECE OF ROCK (SIZE APPROXIMATELY 4 FT. LONG 2 FT WIDE AND 2 INCHES THICK) FELL AND SLID DOWN HIS BACK CAUSING SCRATCHES ON IN BACK.
THE ROOF BOLTER HELPER WASMOVING THE ROOF BOLTER WHILE HIS LEFT FOOT WAS OUTSIDE THE DECK.HIS FOOT WAS UNDER THE DECK AND WAS CAUGHT AND BRUISED THE MUSCLES IN IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SP2TTING A DRILL TRUCK. HE WAS STANDING UNDER THE MAST OF THE DRILL TRUCK WHEN A METAL COLLAR (20 INCH DIAMETER, APPROX. WEIGHT 55 POUNDS) FELL FROM THE END OF THE MAST AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE O3 THE HEAD, FRACTURING HIS SKULL.