INJURED WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF HEEL. SEVERE BRUISE TO RIGHT FOOT.
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Showing all 13HE WAS LIFTING A CUTTING TORCH AND IT POPPED SOMETHING HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE CAUSING ABRASION TO CORNEA HE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT TIME BUT WAS GOING TO PUT THEM A BEFORE HE STARTED C UTTING.
EMPLOYEE STATED OPERATOR WAS MOVING CABLE REEL PULLING EMPLOYEES FEET OUT FROM HIM 1ST DAY OFF 05-29-92
BOOMER #6 ENTRY EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LEFT SIDE OF DOUBLE HEAD. ROOF BOLTER. HE HAD JUST PUT UP INSIDE BOLT. WHEN A PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS MOVING BOLTER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY. EMPLOYEE FELL DOWN, BOLTER BACKED OVER HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ROOF BOLTING TOP,RIB ROLLED OUT PINNED LEG AGAINST MACHINE INJURING RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE SET TRS ON BOLTER AND WEATH WALK UP TO DRILL TO START DRILLING. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP. STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.
BOLTING ROOF SM SCALE FELL STRUCK R FINGER
EE STATED HE WAS RUNNING MINER MINER HEAD THREW A ROCK AND HIT EE ON LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE BOLTING TOP ROCK FELL OTU BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING HIM IN RIGHT ARM.
BOLTING TOP, LOOSE ROCK FELL HIT EMP ON NOSE
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CUTTING WELDING ON BELT HEAD WHEN SLAG WENT INTO RIGHT EAR.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN THE TOP FOR ROOF SUPPORT DRILL STEEL CAUGHT HIS HAND, CAUSING HIS ARM TO BE TWISTED.