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OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING HIS FIRST BOLT IN 4 RT CROSSCUT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE LEG.
OPERATOR OF OFFSIDE EIMCO PINNER WAS NEAR THE REAR OF THE BOLTER ON THE OFFSIDE AS THE MACHINE WAS BEING MOVED BY THE OTHER OPERATOR. THE FIRST CUT OF THE LEFT BREAK WAS BEING BOLTED. A PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT 18" LONG X 10" WIDE X 1" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND. HIS HAND WAS SCRATCHED AND BRUISED.
VICTIM WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEDN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN BECAME HUNG WHEN HE REVERSED THE CHAIN A ROCK WAS THROWN FROM THE CHAIN STRIKING HIM ON THE NOSE WHICH RESULTED IN A BROKEN N OSE & A CUT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE
VICTIM WAS CUTTING A SMALL TREE, THE TREE WAS BENT AT A SEVERE ANGLE DUE TO WEIGHT FROM A RECENT ICE STORM. WHEN THE TREE WAS CUT APPROX. 2/3 THRU IT SLABBED BROKE AND KICKED BACK STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE SHOULDER RESULTING IN A BROKE COLLAR BONE.