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BOLTING ON SINGLE BOOM BOLTER, DRILL STEEL GOT CAUGHT IN ROOF, HAD HAND ON BOOM, LET BOOM DOWN AND STEEL DROPPED OUT OF ROOF STRIKING HIM ON LEFT THUMB.
WHILE INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT, A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW & STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE
WHILE BOLTING CLOSE TO LEFT RIB, LEFT SIDE OPERATOR, HE LET THE DRILL POT DOWN ON HIS RIGHT KNEE PUSHING HIS HEEL DOWN & TOES UP, OVEREXTENDING HIS ANKLE. (NO BONES BROKEN)
A STUMP FELL OUT OF ROOF KNOCKING MAN AGAINST THE RIB AND STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT LEG, CAUSING A FRACTURE JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE. THE STUMP WAS 36" IN DIAMETER, 5" ON ONE SIDE TAPERING TO 1" ON OPPOSITE SIDE.
EMPLOYEE FINISHED PUTTING IN HIS LAST BOLT IN THE ROW WHEN A ROCK FELL BY LAST ROW OF BOLTS, 4'BY3', RANGING 1/4 TO 6" IN THICKNESS. FELL STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S LOWER LEG.
MAN WAS SWINING BOOM TOWARD RIB, A PIECE OF ROCK HE WAS STANDING ON WAS PUSHED TO RIB. HIS FOOT SLOPPED OFF ROCK AND WAS CAUSGHT BETWEEN ROCK AND THE BOOM. FOOT ENDED UP UNDERNEATH BOOM.
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF ROOF LANDING ON MACHINE CAUSING A SLIVER OF STEEL TO FLY AND BECOME IMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE.
WHILE INSTALLING BOLT, ROCK FELL BEHIND HIM. IT FELL OVER AGAINST BOOM PUSHING EE SIDEWAYS CAUSING HIS KNEE TO GO SIDEWAYS.
OPERATOR HAD JUST SET MINER OVER ON LEFT SIDE TOCLEAN WHEN LOWERED CUTTING HEAD, THE BITS PICKEDUP A PIECE OF ROCK FROM RIGHT END OF DRUM AND FLIPPED BACK ALONG SIDE OF MINER LANDING ON TOP OF EE'S RIGHT FOOT.