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CABLE WAS STRETCHED BETWEEN 2 POSTS WHILE CUTTING PIECE OF CABLE WITH CUTTING TORCH AND WHEN CUTTING LAST STRANDS THE THE STRAND WHIPPED AROUND THROWING A PIECE OF SLAG INTO EMPLS L EYE EMPL W EARING FULL FACE SHIELD BUT SHIELD WAS UP PART WAY
EMP. HAD AN 8' SLABBER BAR IN HIS HANDS TO PRY LARGE STONES FROM THE ROOF OF T HE MINE. STONES FELL FROM THE ROOF OF MINE ONTO THE SLABBER BAR, KNOCKING THE BAR FROM HIS HANDS - THE BAR BACK- LASHED STRIKING EMP. ON HIS LEFT UPPER LIP, CUTTING IPEN HIS LIP AND LOOSENING THE UPPER FRONT TEETH AND CHIPPING A TOOTH.
WHILE WORKING O3 NO 2 SCREEN REPARING A HOLE, EMP TURNED AROUND TO MOVE FURTHER ALONG THE SCREEN AND WALKED INTO AN ANGLE IRON THAT WAS USED FOR BACING NOT REALIZING THAT HE WAS THAT CLOSE TO THE ANGLE IRON 6RACE