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EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON THE RT. KNEE. EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HIS LEG WAS BROKEN BELOW THE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN THE CONNECTOR BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF DRILL STEEL BROKE & THE DRILL STEEL STRUCK HIM IN THE JAW. EE REFUSED TO BE TREATED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EE WENT TO THE E.R LATER THAT NIGHT AND WAS TREATED FOR A BROKEN JAW.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF & STRUCK HIM ON THE HAND THAT WAS ON THE HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTER.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING THE ROOF BOLTER CHANGE PLACES WHEN THE REEL WAS ENGAGED AND CAUSED THE CABLE TO SWEEP EE'S FEET FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS HIP AND LEGS. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS XRAYED AND TREATED FOR A MUSCLE SPASM.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED ONTO HIS FOOT. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6-1-04 AND WENT TO THE DR. AND IS BEING TREATED FOR A BRUISED LEFT FOOT.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT FOOT. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE WAS XRAYED AND EXAMINED BY THE DOCTOR. THE RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE WITH NO BROKEN BONES ONLY BRUISED.