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ROOF FALL ON TRACK ENTRY 8TH BREAK INSIDE DRIFT AT SPAD LOCATION 039. FALL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5' TO 6' HIGH-20' LONG-20' WIDE. TOP WAS SUPPORTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS. NO EMPLOYEES OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED MINE SHUT DOWN, EQUIPMENT BEING PULLED NO RIB COROSE BLOCKED.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN #6 EX LET HIS DRILL POT DOWN AND HIS DRILL STEEL STAY IN HOLE MOMENTARY, THEN FELL STRICKING HIM ON RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN HEEL & ANKLE. PINCHED FOOT.
MAN WAS PUTTING LONG BOARDSON ROOF BOLTER SAID HE SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS HANGING WATER LINE OUT OF CABLE HANGER AND WEIGHT OF WATERLINE SNAPPED HANGER STRIKING HIM IN THE EYE.HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME AND IT ALSO BROKE THEM.WAS SENT TO H OSPITAL.
EE WAS TROUBLING SHOOTING BELT STARTER BOX FRO OPEN IN BELT CONTROL LINE HE SAID HIS ELBOW MUST HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH POWER SOME WHERE EE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT WAS KEPT IN HOSPITAL OVERNI GHT FOR OBSERVATION
MAN WAS STANDING ON BUMPER OF 4488 SCOOP HANGING A MINER CABLE HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIT BUMPER ON SCOOP
HE & EE WERE LOADING EMPTY OXYGEN & ACCY TANKS ON MANBUT & EE MASHED HIS FINGER
MAN WAS TRAMMING SCOOP OUT OF OLD PART OF MINE, RAN OVER SOMETHING THAT CAME UP FROM UNDER SCOOP DECK STRIKING HIM ON HIS BACK. THEY WERE WALKING BESIDE OF SCOOP. NEITHER ONE SAW IT. WHEN THEY STOPPED A PIECE OF 4" PLASTIC WATER LINE WAS LAYING UNDER SCOOP.