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54730INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS,PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN SAFETY POST AND TRS STRIKING EMPL ON HEAD AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER, WHEN THE HELPER ACCDIENTIALLY BUMPED THE TRAM LEVER. THE ROOF BOLTER THEN CAME FORWARD STRIKING EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT AND WAS MOVING HIS MACHINE WITH THE STAB JACK DOWN THE STAB JACK HUNG ON BOTTOM EMPLOYEE PULLED LEVEZ TO RELEASE STAB JACK RAISING HEAD AND CA UGHT HIS HAND AGAINST ROOF.
EMP. WAS INSTALLING ROF BOLTS AND A PC. OF DRAW ROCK 21/2 FT. WIDE AND 31/2 INCHES THICK FELL STRIKING EMP. ON BACK AND LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8ERTING A 48" ROOF BOLT IN ROOF AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING SAFETY JACK FOR ROOF BOLTER AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON LEFT HAND.
VICTIM WAS ROOF BOLTING A PIECE OF METAL ON THE DRILL STEEL CUT THE VICTIMS HAND REQUIRING STICHES.