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I,NAME WAS BOLTING FIRST CUT OUT OF #3 ENTRY THE FIRST BOLT WHEN BOLT DRILL STEEL AND UP PRESSURE HIT A CRACK IN ROOF ROCK CAUSING ROCK TO SLIP OFF ON ATRS AND APRON AND THEN ONTO OPERATOR PIN NING HIM UNDER ROCK & AGAINST THE BOLTER BREAKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM & BRUISING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTS WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM FELL STRIKING VICTIM AND CAUSING SERIOUS FACIAL AND SCALP LACERATIONS.UNDETECTED KETTLEBOTTOM MEASURED 66" LONG,52" WIDE, FROM 0" TO 16" THICK.
HE WAS BOLTING TOP, DRILLING TEST HOLE, WHEN DRAW SLATE FELL ABOUT 3' BY 5' HITTING HIM ON SHOULDER, KNOCKING HIM INTO BOLTER HEAD.
EMP WAS BOLTING TOP AND WAS PRESSING ON A BOLT WITH HIS LEFT FOT TRYING TO GET BOLT STARTED IN DRILLED HOLE AND SOMETHING HAPPEDNED TO HIS BACK CAUSING SEVERE PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD HURTING HIS NECK AND BACK
I NAME, THE ROO0 BOLTER OPERATOR, WAS DRILLING THE ROOF WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK JARRED LOOSE AND FELL AND CUT HIS LITLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES TO FIX IT