INJURED WAS IN ROOF BOLTER BASKET INSTALLING A SPLIT SET LOOSE ROCK SPALLED OFF ROOF & HIT INJURED ALLEGED ACCIDENT
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Showing all 8ROOF BOLTER'S DRILL IS UNDERGOING REPAIR. BOLTHOES & BOLT INSTALLATION WAS DONE WITH A JACKLEG WITH THE OPERATOR CLOSE BY. ROOF WAS SCALED BY; HAMMER & HAND, YET ROCKFALL OCCURED DURING HOLE DRILLING. PIECE FELL ON INJURED'S SHOULDER CAUSING SEPARATION, CONTUSION AND ABRASION.
AFTER CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL, I WALKED PAST A MAN WHO WAS GRIDNING, AS I WAS GOING TO HOSE OFF MY STEEL TO COOL IT, I NOTICED THAT I HAD SOMETHIKNG IN MY EYE.
WHEN DRILLING BOLT HOLE IN THE BACK.
HE WAS CUTTING A SUPPORT BRACE AND THE BRACE SLIPPED CAUSING THE HOPPER TO LAND ON HIS FOOT.
MINER WAS BENT DOWN KNOCKING A BIT OFF A PLUGGED DRILL STEEL, WHEN A ROCK ROLLED OUT OF EXISTING SUPPORT WIRE (WWF) STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING PIECE OF STEEL ON BACK OF LOADER BUCKET STEEL BECAME UNHOOKED FROM CHAIN & FELL ABOUT 12IN HITTING HIS LEFT LEG
FEED CHAIN BROKE WHILE DRIFTER WAS AT TOP OF BOOM.