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EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER PIECE OF SLATE ROCK FELL BETWEEN RIB & ROOF BOLTER 3FT WIDE 5FT LONG STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON NECK & SHOULDER CAUSING LOW BACK INJURY
VICTIM WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS & WAS HOLDING DRILL STEEL & STEEL KICKED BACK PUTTING PRESSURE ON ARM & BREAKING ARM
EE WAS DRILLING ROOF OF MINE FOR ROOF BOLT INSTATION WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE ROCK APPROX. 12 INCH X 6 INCH FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
ROOF BOLTING FINISHED DRILLING, HIT THE LEVER WITH FOOT THE WRENCH ROTATED STRIKING L ARM CAUSING FRACTURE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FMC 300 ROOF BOLTER IN LOW COAL AND SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER BOLTING UP A BROWER WHEN THE MINE ROOF HAD FALLEN OUT AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN ROOF AND METAL PLATE ON ROOF BOLT LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS BROKE NEAR END OF FINGER EE IS STILL WORKIN G HE WILL NOT LOOSE ANY TIME.
WHILE GRINDING A HEAD JACK BUSHING ON A CONTINIOUS MINER, WITH HAND OPERATED GRINDER A PIECE OF METAL STRUCK THE MECHANIC IN THE LEFT EYE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.