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THE MAN WAS INSTALLING ROOFBOLTS. THE MAN FELT PAIN IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER BACK AREA. THIS MAY BE A RECURRENCE OF THE INJURY FROM MAY 1991.
THE MAN WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE HAD JSUT STARTED TO DRILL A HOLE, WHEN A PIECE OF STONE OR METAL FROM A DRILL STEEL FLEW AND ENTERED BETWEEN HIS FACE AND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. THIS OBJECT STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.
MAN IS A ROOFBOLTER HE WAS INSTALLING 42IN BOLTS IN A COALSEAM OF ABOUT 34IN MAN FINISHED HIS SHIFT THE NEXT DAY MAN HAD SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK & HE COULDNT GET OUT OF BED
INSTALLING ROOFBOLTS,EXPERIENCED PAIN IN MIDDLE BACK AREA.FINISHED REGULAR WORKSHIFT.REPORTED PAIN TO SHIFT FOREMAN AT END OF SHIFT.
MAN WAS OPERATING BOLTING MACHINE WHILE PUSHING THE BOLT UP, THE WRENCH MISALIGNED. THE MAN REACHED UP WITH LEFT HAND TO GRAP THE WRENCH WHEN HE LOWED THE HEAD. INADVENTLY HE RAISED THE HEAD I NSTEA OF LOWERING THE HEAD CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE BOLTER HEAD.
WHILE OPERATING CONTINOUS MINER THE MAN HAD HIS FOOT OUTSIDE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT WHEN THE MINER LUNGED TO THE RT HIS FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE BOTTOM
MAN WAS OPERATI3G ROOF BOLTER PREPARING TO REMOVE THE DRILL STEEL FROM THE ROOF. A BOX OF RESIN FELL FROM TOP OF BOLTS STRIKING THE REVERSE TRAM LEVER. WHEN THE BOLTER MOVED BACKWARDS HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETW9EN THE CANOPY AND DRILL STEEL (LEFT HAND)
MAN WAS BEHIND 9OOFBOLTER OBSERVING THE ROOF WHILE HELPER WAS OPERATING THE MACHINE. A PIECE OF ROCK 43" X 33" X 8 TO /". FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND RIB LINE STRUCK MAN ON RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK KNOCKI3G MAN DOWN MAN WAS ON HIS KNEES WHEN HE WAS STRUCK