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EMPL HAD INSTALLED INSIDE ROOF BOLT AND WAS LETTING SAFETY JACK DOWN,ROCK 2'X3'X 2-6"THICK FELL BETWEEN BOLT,SAFETY JACK AND ATRS.SAFETY JACK HAD CAUGHT EDGE OF ROCK BUT ROOF BOLT DIDNT.WHEN E MPL LET JACK DOWN ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM A GLANCING BLOW ON HEAD AND SHOULDER.
VICTIM WAS WATC2ING FOR SCOOPS AS THEY LOADED ON THE CUT TO THE WING OF PILLAR BLOCK. HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF RADIOUS TIMBER WHEN A PILLAR FALL OCCURRED TRAPPING HIS LEG UNDER A R OCK. 3
ROOF FALL OUTBY3#4 ENTRY IN 7TH OPEN CROSSCUT UNDETECTED SLIP ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF 4007S
EMPL JUST INSIDE DRIFT.HE HAD TRACTOR COUPLING TO CAR TO GET ROOF BOLTS IN.HE STOOD UP IN MOTOR TO REACH CAR TONGUE AND WHEN HE SAT BACK DOWN HIS BATTERY LIGHT HIT REVERSE CONTROL CAUSING TRAC TOR TO MOVE BACKWARD THROWING HIM AGAINST SIDE OF TRACTOR.HE DIDNT HAVE REVERSE SWITCH IN NEUTRAL POSITION.
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION FELL OUT ABOVE ANCORAGE FELL IN ABANDONED AREA