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EE WAS ROOF BOLTING. WHEN HE SET HIS BOLTER UP TO PUT UP A ROOF BOLT AND AS HE PUSHED THE ROOF BOLT UP AGAINST THE ROOF, A PIECE OF ROCK BUSTED UNDERNEATH THE BOLTER. THIS CAUSED THE BOLTER TO DROP DOWN 4-5", STRIKING THE EE ON THE HEAD WITH THE CANOPY.
EMPLOYEE & CO-WORKER WERE CHANGING A TRACK ON 151-D-11. THEY HAD 3 BOLTS LOOSE & THE 4TH BOLT WOULD NOT BREAK LOOSE. EE WAS USING A TORCH TO HEAT THE TRACK LINK & A TRACK PIN FILLER PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE PIN, BLOWING HOT OIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
EE OPERATING A MUD CAT DREDGE. CLEANING OUT SILT BASIN BELOW THE COAL YARD. EE THOUGHT THE HEAD WAS TRYING TO STOP UP, GOT OUT OF CAB TO TAKE A LOOK. PUT THE AUGER IN NEUTRAL AND LEFT THE ENGINE IDLEING. WALKED TOWARDS THE HEAD TO GET A CLOSER VIEW, AND CLIMBED OVER OIL THROUGH HANDRAILS, SLIPPED AND WENT INTO AUGER. LEG HAD TO BE REMOVED BELOW KNEE.