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ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS PLACING A SPOT PIN CLOSE TO THE AUGER OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER MINER OPERATOR STARTED THE MINER & THE AUGER CAUGHT THE INAME OPERATOR & INFLICTED FZTAL INJURIES
WORKING ON DOLLY IT MOVED CUT L INDEX FINGER
NO EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE MINE AT THE TIME OF THE UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. A ROCK FALL OF APPROX. 20' WIDE, 76' LONG AND 10' THICK OCCURRED 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD #65 IN THE CROSSCUT FROM #3 ENTRY TO #5 ENTRY. ONE BRIDGE WAS DAMAGED.
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING I.NAME IN HIPS,BACK AREA NO BROKEN BONES OCCURRED.BRUISES & CONTUSIONS DID OCCURR..
SCOOP BACKED UP STRIKING THE INJURED PERSON.
THE WILCOX MINE9 BECAME TEMPORARILY IDLED AND THE INJURED REACHED OVER THE MINER TO REACH A WATER SPRAY WHICH WAS LEAKING. A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 6X7X6 FELL STRIKING THE INJURED ABOUT THE HEA D AREA. 3