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I,NAME SAYS HE WAS CLEANING A SCOOP USING A AIR HOSE TO BLEW THE DUST OFF SOMETING GOT IN HIS EYE.
PC OF ROCK FEL AROUND DRILL STILL ON BOLTING MACHINE ROCK SLUNG OFF STILL AND HIT HIM IN MOUNTH.
I.NAME SAYS HE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN HE STARTED THE DRILL STEM A PIECE OF SOMETHING CAME DOWN & HIT HIM IN THE EYE
I. NAME SAID HE HAD ROOF BOLTER STEEL IN HIS HAND, WHEN HE HIT THE ROTATION LEVER THE STEEL SWUNG AROUND AND HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS LEFT HAND.
MAN WAS HELPING ON BOLTER, REPLACING BOLTS AT PORTAL OF #2 ENTRY. THE TOP WAS 9\ HIGH AND THE BOLTER OPERATOR NEEDED HELP HOLDING HIS STEEL TO START A HOLE. THE BOLTER STEEL CAME LOOSE AND HI T THE MAN HELPING ON THE HAND, HURTING HIS THUMB.
INJURED WAS STARTING TO DRILL BOLT HOLE WHEN HE STARTED THE ROTATION UP IT THREW A SMALL PIECE OF SLATE HITTING HIM OVER THE TOP LIP CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION
INJURED WAS DRILLING BOLT HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 1INX2IN THICK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ON LEFT HIP
BOLTING TOP,ROCK FELL AND HIT HAND.