EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WITH HIS HAND OR DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE CANOPY STRIKING HIM ON HAND BREAKING HIS THUMB
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Showing all 3HILL SEAM RUNNI3G ACROSS INTERSECTION APPROX 150 FT INBY #2 ENTRY PORTAL APPARENTLY TURNED ROOF LOOSE THUS CAUSING AIRWAY BLOCKAGE NO ONE PRESENT AT MINE AT TIME OF FALL
HAD HAND IN BUMPER OF BATTERY MOTOR WHILE BACKING THROUGH CROSS CUT INTO #2 ENTRY AND CUT MOTOR TO QUICK AND BACKED INTO RIB OF COAL AND MASHED INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER OF R HAND, LOOSING FIRST JOINT OF INDEX FINGER