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THIS MAN WAS CU9TTING OLD WELD OFF PLANITRAY ON 11CM MINER WEARING GLASSES & A OLD PIECE OF SLAG FROM WELD FLEW INTO THE IN FALLING BEHIND GLASSES & BUR NING EYE-LID
HE WAS SPOT PINNING #2 ROOM OFF OF #1 ENTRY SPAD 400 A PC OF ROCK 21/4FT WIDE 51/2FT LONG X4IN THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS & HIT HIM A GLANCING LICK ON SHOULDERS AND BACK AREA HE IS AN EXPERIENCED BOLT ER OPERATOR & A CERTIFIED MINE FOREMAN HE HAD POSITIONED HIS MACHINE & HAD SET HIS CANOPY & STARTED DRILLING HOLE WHEN ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM BETWEEN BOLTS
WAS PINNING IN FACE AREA WALKED TO THE BACK SIDE OF MACHINE OPERATORS SIDE TO GET A ROOF BOLT AND A PIECE OF ROCK 3\ LENGTH = 2\ ACROSS = 2" THICK SAME OUT BETWEEN PINS STRIKING HIM ON NECK AR EA HE AND THE DR SAID THAT HE WOULD RETURN TO WORK SUNDAY NIGHT 3RD SHIFT
WAS PINNING A BREAK IN FACE AREA BETWEEN 6&5 THE PIN STEEL STUCK IN TOP WHEN HE LET POT DOWN HADHAND ON POT STEEL DROPPED AND STRUCK MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND AND MASHED THE END OF IT PARTICALLY OFF HE SAID THAT HE SOULD RETURN TO WORK AROUND THE 16TH OF OCTOBER ON RESTRUCTED DUTY
PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON CANOPY A PIECE ABOUT 2FTX2IN ABOUT 2IN THICK DROPPED FROM CANOPY ON THE SIDE OF IT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE SAID THAT HE W%OULD BE BACK TO WORK ON 101383 THAT KNE E WAS A LITTLE STIFF
FINISHED INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WENT TO SIDE OF MACHINE TO REPOSITION IT ROCK FELL BETWEEN PINS 1/2" TO 1 1/2" THICK 3 1/2\ SQUARE