SEPAR IN ROOF ABOUT 3 1/2 FT
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Showing all 10HE WAS TRAMMING TO FACE WHEN HE WENT OVER A LITTLE ROCK IN THE FLOOR MAKING THE RIDING COMPARTMENT RAISE CLOSER TO THE ROOF. HE HAD HIS HEAD LEANDED OVER TOWARD THE MACHINE AND HIS HEAD WAS CA UGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND MACHINE. HE PULLED HIS HEAD OUT AND INJURED HIS NECK DOING SO.
SEPAR IN RF DUET TO STREAK OF COAL IN ROCK
VICTIM WAS AT THE BACK OF ROOF BOLTER APPROXIMATELY 25' FROM FACE. HE WAS BENDING ENOUGH BOLTS TO BOLT THIS PLACE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 24'X24"X1" FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS HITTING ON SIDE OF HE AD. HE SUSTAINED 3 SMALL CUTS TO LEFT EAR.
4' BOLTS WERE SET IN THIS HEADING. A STREAK OF COAL RAN UP INTO THE TOP TO ABOUT 44". THE ROOF BOLTS BARELY ANCHORED ABOVE THIS HAIRLINE COAL STREAK. THIS CAUSED A SEPARATION THAT LET ROOF FAL L.
SEVERAL FINE STREAKS OF COAL RAN UP INTO TOP TO ABOUT 40 TO 45 INCHES CAUSING THE ROOF TO BE WEAK IN THIS INTERSECTION. ROOF FELL IN THE INTERSECTION, NO EQUIPMENT OR PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED.
LARGE DEFORMITY IN ROOF.
MAN STANDING BETWEEN TWO BATTERIES THAT WERE BEING CHANGED OUT. TRACTOR STUCK ON POINT AND TRAVELED ABOUT TWO FEET CATCHING THE MANS LEG BETWEEN THE TWO BATTERIES CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO T HE RIGHT LEG.
MAN PULLING ROCK SOMEHOW PULLED ROCK ON HIMSELF INJURIES ARE BROKEN PELIS TORN GALL BLADER AND SMALL PUNCTURE OF LOWER INTESTINES
MAN HAD PIECE OF ROCK ON HIM & I.NAME & ANOTHER MAN LIFTED IT OFF.