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WAS LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE WITH BAR- I SLIPPED OFF STRUCTURE AND HIT HIM I SIDE OF HEAD ABOVE THE EAR.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 3 INTAKE ENTRY ABOUT 250 FT OUTBY THE FACE AREA. THIS WAS A DISTURBED ROOF AREA IN THAT THE ROOF ROCK MADE UNUSAL CHANGES IN THIS CROSSCUT.
MAN TOOK ROCK BAR AND WENT AHEAD OF BOLTER (WITH ATRS) AND STARTED TO SCALE ROCK WHERE A SHOT HAD BEEN PLACED TO REMOVE DANGEROUS ROCK FROM ROADWAY- APPROX. 4 BREAKS FROM FACE (OUTBY POWER CEN TER). SMALL PIECE OF ROCK SCALED LOOSE AND HIT LEFT LEG ABOUT 4" ABOVE KNEE.
ACCIDENTALLY CU7 INTO OLD WORKS NO WATER NO METHANE NO BLACK DAMP LATER AN ACCUMULATIONM OF BLACK DAMP OCCURRED (DURING DAWNE SHIFT) MEN WERE REMOVED/ROOM MINES UNTIL AIR MIXTURE WAS STABILIZ ED BY ADEQUATE 5ENTILATION
BOLTER MAN REPLACING BOLT LOOSENED BY SCOOP HITTING ROCK SCALE FELL ACROSS MAN AND MACHINE APPROX WT OF ROCK 100# MAN CAUGHT ASA ROCK RESTED ON BOLTER AND BOTTOM
SMALL PIECE OF ROOF ROCK SCALED DOWN ON HIS OWN SELF. ROCK HIT LEFT SHOULDER OR ARM WITH NO CUTS OR BRUISES. MAN HAD SMALL ABRASION ON RT. TEMPLE ABOUT SIZE OF A DIME.