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I.NAME WAS OPERATING ROOFBOLTING MACHINE WHEN CANOPY WAS RAISED AGAINST ROOF A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKE OFF FELL A PIECE SLID OFF CANOPY STRIKING HIM ON BACK AND RT SHOULDER
WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER I NAME INADVERTANTLY DROPPED THE DRILL HEAD ONTO HIS FOOT
WHILE POSITIONI3G ROOF BOLT MACHINE FOR BOLTING OPERATION I,NAME'S HAND WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF FALLING TOP ROCK. HIS HAND WAS ON THAT TRAM CONTROL LEVER AT THE TIME.
MAN WAS BACKING3MINER OUTBY OF FACE TO PUSH UP LOOSE COAL. THE RIPPER HEAD OF THE MACHINE STRUCK AN OFFSET IN RIB AND SLEWED THE CONTINUOUS MINER INTO THE RIB PINNING HIS LEG BETWEEN THE RIB A ND THE CANOPY O3 THE MINING MACHINE
INJURED PINCHED3GLOVE BETWEEN WRENCH AND ROOF BOLT. WHILE PUSHING BOLT IN HOLE WITH ROTATOR ON CAUING GLOVE TO BE TWISTED AROUND BOLT AND CUTTING FINGER.
I.NAME WAS INST5LLING ROOFBOLTS AT THE FACE THE TOP AT THIS AREA IS NON-STRATIFIED AND HAS TENDENCY TO BREAK OFF AND FALL IN VARIOUS SIZE BREAKS WHILE OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE I.NAME WAS STRUCK ON 7HE FOOT BY A PIECE OF FALLING TOP ROCK
REMOVING 2 SECT3ONS OF DRILL STEEL FROM ROOFBOLT HOLE HE HAD DRILLED.UPPERMOST SECTIN OF STEEL MOMENTARILY STUCK THEN RELEASED AND DROPPED.IT FELL STRIKING HAND AGAINST DRILLING HEAD OF MACHIN WITH FORCE. 3
WHILE TRAMMING 9OOF BOLTER FROM OUTSIDE OPERATORS STATION THE OPERATOR STRUCK HIS HEAD WITH THE CANOPY & AGAINST THE COAL RIB.