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THE OPER. OF THE OFF DRIVE SHUTTLE CAR WAS HAULING COAL IN THE #4 ENTRY AND HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND BOUNCED INTO THE TOP AND HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND CREATED A LACERATION APPR OX. 1/2 INCH LONG WHEN HE HIT A BOLT IN THE TOP.
I.NAME WAS PUTTING HIS SECOND BOLT IN WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ATRS AND ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND UPPER NECK AREA ON THE R T SIDE OF HIS BODY
PULLLING CABLE OFF REEL AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK
SHOVELING COAL OUT FROM UNDER HEAD
MAN GOT OFF OF ROOFBOLTER TO MOVE LOADER CABLE AND THREW IT OVER ON THE RIB AND FELL TO THE GROUND IN PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A BATTERY CAR AND IT LOST TRAM GOING UP A HILL AND HE JUMPED OFF AND T RIED TO GRAB HIS EQUIPMENT AND HOLD IT AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK HE SAID
THE 2 ROOF BOLTERS WERE IN A X-CUT SWITCHING OUT AND ONE OPERATOR RAN INTO THE OTHER BOLTER AND PINNED THE OPERATOR AGAINST HIS BOLTER THE OPERATOR COULDNT SEE OVER HIS MACHINE
COAL HEIGHT ABOUT 38 INCH AND CUTTER CABLE HANGING ACROSS THE ENTRY, THE CUTTER CABLE WAS PULLED DOWN AND CAUGHT THE BUGGY OPERATOR WHILE OPERATING BUGGY.
HE WAS MOVING B6GGY ANCHOR AND CABLE WAS WET AND BECAME SHOCKED