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CAP COAL HAD LUNG TO TOP HE TRIED TO PULL IT DOWN & COULD NOT GET IT DOWN. HE PROCEEDED TO BOLT UP TO IT WHEN HE MANUVERED MACHINE OVER TO PUT UP ANOTHER BOLT COAL FELL STRIKING BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING CUTTER TO FACE AREA WHEN BOOM STRUCK TOP. LOOSENING DRAW ROCK STRICKING OPERATOR ON BACK. BRUISING RIGHT SIDE OF BACK, KIDNEY & FRACTURING 2 RIBS.
GLOVE ON LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN ROOF BOLTER DRILL STEEL.
ROOF BOLTER SET HIS AFRS AND REACHED FOR HIS DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM ROOF CATCHING HIS HAND.
SHOT OUT TOP FOR DUMP & WAS ROOF BOLTING TOP AFTER CLEAN UP SMALL BACK FELL ON LEFT HAND CUT LEFT FOREFINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT DUMP WHEN A LARGE LUMP OF COAL ON DRAG CHAIN CAUGHT EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE TOP MASHING HIS CHEST.