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EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE INSTALLED SECOND STEEL, LOOSE ROCK FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT HAND, SIZE OF ROCK 6 INCHES BY 6 INCHES BY 2 INCHES.
EE WAS INSTALLING 10' CABLE BOLT. BOLT STARTED TO BEND, MAN TRIED TO HOLD PRESSURE ON BOLT WITH HAND AND PUT UP PRESSURE WITH BOLTE. BOLT CAME OUT OF HEAD HITTING EE ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD.
LOOSE ROCK FELL, HIT CAMPY OF BOLTER (OPERATOR'S CANOPY) SLID OFF OF CANOPY, HIT MAN ON LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE. MAN'S FIRST DAY OFF OF WORK WAS 10-3-01.
EE WAS DRILLING #2 BOLT HOLE IN PATTERN WHEN THEROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM BETWEEN THE RIB & THE ROW OF BOLTS ALONG RIB LINE. THE ROCK HIT THE CANOPYAND BROKE APART. A PIECE OF ROCK 21" X 24" X 3" THICK TO FEATHERED EDGE STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHTLEG JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE.
MAN WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT IN HOLE, UNBENDING BOLT, PLACED BOLT HEAD IN CHUCK AS HE WAS RAISING BELT WITH BOLT HEAD. HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT BY ROOF BOLT PLATE AND WAS TWISTED AROUND ROOF BOLT.
WHILE KNEELING RIGHT SIDE CONTROLS ON BOLTER, A 4" THICK PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROWS OFF BOLT ALONG RIBLINE & STRUCK EE ON LEFT FOOT EE FINSHISHED HIS SHIFT & WENT FOR XRAYS ON 1/6/ 01 WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED HE HAD A BROKEN BONE IN LEFT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CHAIN SAW CUTTING A POST. THE POST WOULDN'T STAY STILL, SO HE CHOSE TO USE THE CHAIN SAW WITH ONE HAND & HOLD THE POST WITH THE OTHER; SAY KICKED, CUTTING THE ARM HOL DING THE POST. CAUSE OF INJURY--UNAWARENESS; COMPLIANCE W/RULES, MINE PROFICIENCY ARE FACTORS, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT COULD BE A FACTOR, MINING EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS NOT A FACTOR.