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EE WAS REPLACING BOLTS IN BREAK-THROUGH BETWEEN #3 AND #4 ENTRY WHEN LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON BRIDGE OF NOSE.
BOLTERS WERE BOLTING RT HAND TURN-OUT IN #5 ENTRY. EE WAS ON RT SIDE. HE HAD PUT OUTSIDE BOLT IN AND TORQUED IT, SWUNG MACHINE TO MIDDLE TO INSTALL HIS SECOND BOLT IN PATTERN. ROOF FELL BETWEE N FIRST BOLT INSTALLED AND RIB, STRIKING EE.
BAD TOP CONDITIONS. EE WAS DRILLING OLE IN ROOF TO INSTALL BOLT AND A ROCK FELL OUT OF ROOF HITTING ON FINGER AND CUTTING FINGER.
INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING IN #3 ENTRY, WHEN HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK FELL, STRIKING INJURED ON THE RT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO START CENTER HOLE, WHEN GLOVE GOT CAUGHT AROUND DRILL STEEL TWISTING RIGHT HAND AROUND STEEL.