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BOLTING TOP LEFT STEEL IN HOLE & PUT HIS HAND ON TOP OF DRILL POT STEEL FELL OUT & STRUCK FINGERS
MOVING BOLTING MACHINE WITH REEL ON CABLE HIT HIM IN HEAD.
EE WAS WELDING ON CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN PIECE OF RUST FLEW UP BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND GETTING INTO HIS EYE. VICTIM THOUGHT HE GOT IT OUT BUT STARTED BOLTING HIM LATER. REQUIRING HIM TO N EED TREATMENT EE WENT TO DR ON 8-4-94.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF SUPPORT ALOOSE PIECE OF SHELL FELL & HIT OPERATERS RT HAND MASHING & CUTTING THUMB OPERATOR WAS WEARING LEATHER GLOVES WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED
OPER INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH HEADER BOARDS.WAS IN A STRAIN PUTTING UP RIB BOLT AND PULLED SOMETHING IN LOWER BACK.
A PIECE OF ROCK APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET WIDE BY THREE FEET LONG AND O TO 3 INCHES THICK FELL FROM THE RIB OUT TO WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE HIP AND LOWER BACK.NO BONES WERE BROKEN.
EMPL WAS PULLING PIECE OF DRAW SLATE BEFORE STARTING ROOF BOLT CYCLE. ROCK FELL & HIT T BAR ON ROOF BOLTER & BROKE INTO, ROCK FLIPPED BACK & HIT EMPL IN RIBS. ACCIDENT OCCURED ON 5/24 BUT EMPL DID NOT GO TO DR TILL 5/30.
EMPLOYEE WAS NOT AWARE THE OPERATOR OF THE BOLTER WAS GOING TO MOVE THE MACHINE.EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE OF MACHINE AND WHEN IT STARTED TO TRAM IT RAM OVER THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.