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EE WAS OPERATING LEFT ROOF BOLTER AND HAD JUST PUT UP 1ST PIN OF HIS PINNING CYCLE. HE DISENGAGED HIS ATRS AND WAS GETTING POSITIONED FOR HIS NEXT PIN AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK CAME OFF THE T OP OF HIS ATRS PADS STRIKING HIM IN HIS MOUTH HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MUTI-CARE IN MADISONVILLE,WHERE HE RECEIVED 5 STITCHES IN THE UPPER LIP

PINNER STEEL HUNG IN ROOF, EE WAS PULLING DOWN ON STEEL WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE IT PINCHED & MASHED HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER ON HIS STEEL WRENCH THAT WAS IN THE PINNERS CHUCK

THE RIGHT BOLTER OPERATOR WAS HELPING THE LEFT BOLTER OPERAYTOR WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE MIDBACK BY APIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 55" LONG X 30" WID E X 8" THICK IN #7 ROOM OF 5TH SOUTH PANEL. THE ROCK DILODGED FROM LEFT RIB 34" FROM 1ST PIN, FROM 3RD ROLL OF PINS OUTBY LAST ROW OF PINS BEING INSTALLED, THE EE WAS TRANSPORTED RMC IN MADISONVILLE. FRACTURED VERTEBRAE AND OBSERVATION.

EE WAS BOLTING A ROOM NECK OFF OF #8 ENTRY IN THE WEST SUBMAIN; A LARGE ROCK [APPROX 2' X 5' X 6"] ALLEDGEDLY FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HIS HEAD & RIGHT SHOULDER. A POSSIBLE CONCUSSION MAY H AVE RESULTED.

COVER OF ROOF BOLTER ON TOP NEAR OPERATOR CONTROLS WAS MOVED UPONTO ATRS SO AS TO GAIN ACCESS TO HYDRAULIC HOSES AT VALVE BANK OF OPERATOR CONTROLS. EE TRAMMED BOLTER AND COVER FELL STRIKING E E'S LEFT HAND THAT WAS STATIONED ON VALVE BANK.