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DRILL HEAD ON PINNER WAS SWUNG OVER TO ATRS. SAFETY ROPES. WHEN DRILLING ROOF LET HEAD OF PINNER DOWN. THE HEAD CAUGHT ROPE AND WOULDN'T LET DRILL HEAD COME DOWN. OPERATOR SWUNG HEAD. DRIL L HEAD FEEL INJURED.
LET ATRS DOWN, DRAW ROCK FELL OUT IN BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING ROOF BOLTER REFLECTING AND HIT ROOF BOLT OPERATOR IN RIGHT KNEE. DRAW ROCK 2 FT BY 3 FT BY 1 1/2 INCHES
EE WAS INSTALLING SECOND BOLT ON FIRST ROW WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE FACE BACK TO THE BOLTER. A PIECE OF ROCK 2" ON EDGE TO 8" IN MIDDLE ABOUT 2' BY 3' WIDE FELL FROM THE RIB TO THE BOLTER, STRIKING EE ON THE BACK.