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EE HAD JUST COMPLETED DRILLING A HOLE & INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT. WHEN MOVED BACK TO THE INCH TRAM STATION A ROCK ABOUT 2'X 2'BY 3-6" FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS & THE RIB STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD CAUSING THE INJURY.
THE R-BOLT OPERATOR HAD INSTALLED HIS BOLT IN THE CURTAIN BOARD, ND WAS REPOSITIONING THE MACHINE TO INSTALL A BOLT. SOMEONE CALLED WHICH DREW HIS ATTENTION AWAY AT THE SAME TIME THE MACHINE WAS MOVING. HE FAILED TO MOVE AWAY WHICH LET THEMACHINE COME IN CONTACT WITH HIS FOOT.
EE WAS ON HIS KNEES WATCHING THE MINER CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 3 FT LONG BY 2 1/2 FT WIDE BY 2 TO 4 INCHES THICK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIM AND PUSHING HIM TO THE BOTTOM.