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EMPL HAD INSTALLED INSIDE ROOF BOLT AND WAS LETTING SAFETY JACK DOWN,ROCK 2'X3'X 2-6"THICK FELL BETWEEN BOLT,SAFETY JACK AND ATRS.SAFETY JACK HAD CAUGHT EDGE OF ROCK BUT ROOF BOLT DIDNT.WHEN E MPL LET JACK DOWN ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM A GLANCING BLOW ON HEAD AND SHOULDER.
MINER HAD FINISHED CUTTING PLACE AND BACKED OUT 3 EMPLS WERE IN PROCESS OF SETTING TIMBERS TO BLOCK OFF MOUTH OF PLACE SO MINER COULD GO TO ANOTHER CUT SIX TIMBER HAD BEEN SET VICTIM AND ANOTH ER EMPL WERE SAWING ANOTHER TIMBER WHEN A ROCK APPROX 15'X10"X2" FELL FROM TOP STRIKING HIM IN BACK OF R LOWER LEG
ROOF FALL BELT & HEADING 3 BREAKS OUTBY FACE 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #C587 APPROX. 40 FT LONG 40 F IWDE 6' THICK ROOF FALL INTAKE HEADING 3 BREAKS OUTBY FACE 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD #F80 APPROX. 40' LONG 20' WIDE 5' THICK.
EMPL MINE OPERATOR HAD BEEN TORQUING INSTALLED ROOF BOLTS IN #1 ENTRY & AS HE WAS PLACING TORQUE WRENCH BACK ON ROOF BOLTER SMALL PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL BETWEEN RIB BOLT & RIB STRIKING HIM O N RIGHT LEG THAT WAS OVER SAFETY JACK.
VICTIM WAS WATC2ING FOR SCOOPS AS THEY LOADED ON THE CUT TO THE WING OF PILLAR BLOCK. HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF RADIOUS TIMBER WHEN A PILLAR FALL OCCURRED TRAPPING HIS LEG UNDER A R OCK. 3
ROOF FALL OUTBY3#4 ENTRY IN 7TH OPEN CROSSCUT UNDETECTED SLIP ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF 4007S
EMPL JUST INSIDE DRIFT.HE HAD TRACTOR COUPLING TO CAR TO GET ROOF BOLTS IN.HE STOOD UP IN MOTOR TO REACH CAR TONGUE AND WHEN HE SAT BACK DOWN HIS BATTERY LIGHT HIT REVERSE CONTROL CAUSING TRAC TOR TO MOVE BACKWARD THROWING HIM AGAINST SIDE OF TRACTOR.HE DIDNT HAVE REVERSE SWITCH IN NEUTRAL POSITION.
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION FELL OUT ABOVE ANCORAGE FELL IN ABANDONED AREA