the man was installing a roof bolt near the rib. As he lower the head of the bolter, it struck his right thigh.
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Showing all 4The man was knocking a used drill bit off of a drill steel when the bit bounced off the canopy and down his shirt collar.
The man was standing behind the roof bolter. When the cable reel was started, the cable struck the man on the leg and knocked him down.
The continuous miner was loading into a shuttle car. A piece of rock bounced off the shuttle car and into the crosscut and struck the man on the leg. The man continued to work until 10/15/08 which was his first day of work.