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June 24, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Silver Bullet Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL HAD PUT UP THE OUTSIDE BOLT THEN MOVED THE HEAD TO THE MIDDLE TO INSTALL THE NEXT BOLT AFTER SETTING THE ATRS. PUT DRILL STEEL AGAINST THE ROOF WHEN A SLAB OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING RIGH T FOOT.

January 10, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Silver Bullet Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE STATED WHEN THE DRILL POT SOPPED UP, HE LOWER THE DRILL POT HEAD. WHILE UNSTOPPING THE DRILL POT, THE DRILL STEEL FELL FROMT EH ROOF AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND.

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