EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES MOVING MACHINE CABLE OUT OF HAUL ROAD AND RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP HURTING HIS NECK.
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Showing all 3SCOOP OPER TURNING BODY WHILE IN DECK OF SCOOP.SCOOP MOVED ONLY INCHES WEDGING KNEE AGAINST TOP OF MINE AND FOOT IN DECK OF SCOOP.
COLLAPSE OF THE3HIGHWALL ABOVE #2 ENTRY CAUSED THE ENTRAPMENT OF TWO EMPLOYEES. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED APPROX. 1:20 PM AND RESCUE OPERATIONS BEGAN AT THAT TIME. COMMUNICATION WAS MAINTAINED WITH THE MEN UN7IL THE TWO WERE RESCUED TO THE SURFACE AT 4:45 PM ON 3-12-86.