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EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN #3 HEADING. HAD LEFT HAND ON BOLT. TURN DRILL ROTATION ON CATCHING HIS GLOVE, TWISTING LEFT HAND AROUND ROOF BOLT.
EE WAS STARTING THE 2ND ROW OF BOLTS IN #3 HEADINGA ND HAD DRILLED APPROX 12" WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN TRS AND WHERE HE WAS DRILLING/HITTING HIM ON CAP AND SLIPPED DOWN HIS RIGHT ARM.
WAS BOLTING IN FACE #3 INSTALLING BOLT RT RIB. A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL ON RT FOOT, HURTING RT BIG TOE JOINT.
THE EIMCO 3510 ROOF BOLTER WAS IN 2 TO 1 CROSSCUT/T-BAR WAS SET. THE ROOF LOOKED GOOD NOT CRACKS. DAVID WAS ON THE OEPRATOR SIDE, HE WAS RAISING THE DRILL HEAD/WITH DRILL STEEL IN-LACE, TO S TART DRILLING A HOLE. THE DRILL STEEL NEVER TOUCHED THE TOP. HE WAS STARTING THE FIRST HOLE ON LEFT SIDE. WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME DOWN.
EE WAS OPERATING THE OFF-SIDE OF A DOUBLE HEAD EIMCO ROOF BOLTER/INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS/HE HAD PUT BOLTS BEHIND HIM/THAT WERE TO BE USED HE TWISTED AROUND WHILE ON HIS KNEES TO GET A ROOF BOLT TO INSTALL-HE FELT A SUDDENTIGHTENING IN HIS LOWER BACK
WHILE TRAMMING THE MINER INTO COAL, THE MINER DRIFTED TOWARD RIB DUE TO WET/SLICK CONDITIONS, CATCHING HIS LEG BETWEEN MINER AND RIB.
EE STATEDHEHAD NEARLY FINISHED DRILLING A 3FT HOLE FOR A ROOF BOLT INSTALLATION WHEN DRILL POT (HE THOUGHT) BRUSHED THE ROOF & SOME UNIDENTIFIED PARTICLE WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE THERE WERE NO V ISIBLE SIGN OF INJURY EE WAS NOT FOLLOWING COMPANY RULES/SAFETY PROCEDURES HE WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION