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A ROCK APPROX. 5" X 44" X 5 1/2" UNDETECTED BY SIGHT FELL WHEN STARTING DRILL, PINNING HIM DOWN HURTING LOWER BACK AND LEGS.
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO DRILL A HOLE IN THE ROOF WITH THE ROOF BOLTER, A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM AROUND THE DRILL STEEL & HIT HIS LEFT HAND WHICH HE WAS USING TO GUIDE THE DRILL STEEL. HIS HAND WAS EXAMINED BY TWO INDIVIDUALS & SHOWED NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF SWELLING, SCRAPES OR ABRASIONS AT THE TIME OF THE EXAMINATION.
SCOOP OPERATOR JAMMED SCOOP AGAINST COAL RIB BOUNCING HIM AGAINST SIDE OF SCOOP DECK.
RIB ROLLED AND INJURED RIGHT KNEE.