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LOOSE SCALE BETWEEN BOLTS FELL & HIT LEG.

WHILE WORKING AROUND ROOF BOLTER A PIECE OF LOOSE SCALE ROCK FELL ON ROOF BOLTER SLIDING OFF HITTING EMP ON LEFT SHIN BONE

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WITH AN ATRS FLETCHER ROOFBOLTER AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL A LOOSE PIECE OF SCALE ROCK WHEN ROCK FELL TO MINE FLOOR IT BOUNCED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE L FOOT.

I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN ROCKDUSTER CO#59007 HE HAD REMOVED THE EXPANDED METAL GUARD, STARTED TO PUSH ROCK DUST DOWN INTO THE 2" SUGER FEED AND HIS GLOVE BECAME ENTANGLED PULLING HIS HAN D GLOVE DOWN INTO THE AUGER. THE AUGER STALLED AND SLOWED FOR A MOMENT AND I.NAME GRABBED HIS WRIST WITH HIS OTHER HAND PULLING IT OUT. THUMB WAS SEVERED AND THERE WAS A LACERATION TO THE FIN

THE ACCIDENT OCCURED AT THE 002 SECTION NEAR THE #3 RIGHT BREAK. I.NAME WAS DRILLING WITH A ROOF-BOLTER. HIS HAND WAS LAYING ON THE BOLTER HEAD. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HEAD AND THE ROOF.

THE CAR OPERATOR WAS RUNNING THE CAR PULL UNDER THE MINER TAIL IN THE #3 HEADING A BIG PUFF OF DUST BLEW OFF THE MINER BOOM WHEN THE MINER STARTED UP HITTING THE OPERATOR IN THE FACE GETTING DUST IN HIS RT EYE WAS TREATED BY DR BRYSON AT THE DANIEL BOONE CLINIC IN HARLAN

EMP WAS OBSERVING BOLTING MACHINE A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 4\ X 4\ X 3" FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN JACKS INFLICTING THE INJURY

EMPLOYEE STARTED TO DRILL A HOLE ABOUT 4 INCHES FROM THE SAFETY JACK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE SAFETY JACK, EMPLOYEE WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND RIGHT LEG. THE ROCK WAS ABOUT 2 FT. LONG, 6" THICK AND 18"WIDE. EMPLOYEE HAD STITCHES.

EE HAD STARTED UP TO PUT A BOLT ON T HE LEFT RIB OF #2 BAND OF #1 HEADING. THE TRAM ON THE BOLTER HUNG & PINNED HIM AGAINST THE RIB. THE HEAD OF THE BOLTER MUST HAVE CAUGHT HIS LEFT ARM AGAIN ST THE RIB & THE PANIC BAR WHICH WAS HUNG IN HIS MINING BELT & WOULD NOT KILL POWER ON THE MACHINE.

OPERATOR WAS DRILLING A TEST HOLE IN #2. HHE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING ON HIS BACK AND LEANED BACKWARD. A 50-60 POUND PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT AFOOT FROM THE ANKLE DOWN.