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BOLTING TOP WHEN THE ROCK FELL STRIKING RT SHOULDER HEAD LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEES' WERE BOLTING IN #1 HEADING WHEN THEY HAD FINISHED A ROW OF BOLTS AND WERE ADVANCING THE MACHINE FOR THE NEXT ROW. THEY SET THE T-BARINJURED STARTED DRILLING FOR HIS RIB BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 3'X 4'X 1" TO 4"THICK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON HEAD AND BACK. THE ROCK FELL FROM THE RIB TO WHERE HE WAS DRILLING.
EE WAS TURNING A RIGHT HAND BREAK WHEN A ROCK GOT UNDER THE CONVEYOR CHAIN OF THE CONTIUOUS MINER HE WAS OPERATING. CAUSING CHAIN TO HIT THE EE IN THE FOREHEAD.
EE WAS INSTALLING THE FIRST ROW OF BOLTS IN #3 HEADING. AFTER HE INSTALLED HIS FIRST BOLT HE SWUNG HIS HEAD OVER & STARTED DRILLING HIS NEXT HOLE. HIS DRILL STOPPED UP (SUCTION) HE LOWERED THE HEAD AND TOOK DRILL STEEL OUT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 1" THICK X 2' X 2' FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT FOREARM.