ROOF FALL IN #2 ENTRY 40FT INBY SPAD 1527 FALL WAS APP 20FT WIDE 20FT LONG 3FT THICK COVERED SAME AMOUNT OF BELT LINE
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Showing all 5INJURED WAS PUTTING A STIFF JACK ONT HE CUTTING MACHINE WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO FALL DOWN WITH THE JACK IN HIS HANDS. THE JACK WEIGHED 75#-80# & CAUSED THE INJURE D A RUPTURE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
WHILE WAITING ON THE ROOF BOLTER TO DRILL A HOLE THE BOLTER HELPER PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BOOM AND OIL TANK OF PINNER WHEN THE BOOM CAME DOWN IT CAUGHT HIS HAND MASHING IT BETWEEN OIL TAN K AND BOOM HAND WAS CUT REQUIRING STITCHES BUT BUT NO BONES WERE BROKEN
INJURED WAS PULLING DOWN LOOSE DRAW ROCK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ACROSS THE SHOULDERS.
FROM ALL INDICATIONS INDIVIDUAL WAS EITHER SETTING SAFETY POST OR SEALING TOP. ROCK APPROX. 4FT X 6FT X 6FT FELL ON INDIVIDUAL KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.