ALLEDGED PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING VICTIM ON NECK & BACK.
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Showing all 10CAP COAL HAD LUNG TO TOP HE TRIED TO PULL IT DOWN & COULD NOT GET IT DOWN. HE PROCEEDED TO BOLT UP TO IT WHEN HE MANUVERED MACHINE OVER TO PUT UP ANOTHER BOLT COAL FELL STRIKING BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING CUTTER TO FACE AREA WHEN BOOM STRUCK TOP. LOOSENING DRAW ROCK STRICKING OPERATOR ON BACK. BRUISING RIGHT SIDE OF BACK, KIDNEY & FRACTURING 2 RIBS.
CLEANING RIB ROCK FELL HIT ON R SIDE OF HEAD AND FACE
GLOVE ON LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN ROOF BOLTER DRILL STEEL.
PULL MUSCLE IN BACK LIFTING BELT
EE PASSED OUT IN PACE ARA SAID HE DONE SOME STRAINE WORK NIGHT BEFORE DR THAT HAD A PULLED MUSCLE.
COAL SHOT OFF RIB OF BRAKE GOING INTO 4 ENTRY JUMP OF COAL STRIKING PENSON IN MOUTH KNOCKING OUT 3 LOWER TEETH..
ROOF BOLTER SET HIS AFRS AND REACHED FOR HIS DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM ROOF CATCHING HIS HAND.
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS ENTERING #5 ENTRY WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIS RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST AND SHOULDERS.