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EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING A TIMBER, PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP STRIKING ANKLE.
WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE AT #3 HEAD DRIVE, EE PICKED UP A BELT SPLICE BOARD AND GOT A SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WAS LAYING ON MINER, DIGGING A ROCK FROM CONV. CHAIN. LAID ON A ROCK THAT WAS PROTRUDING HIGHER THAN REST OF ROCK, AND BRUISED RIGHT RIB.
HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS & A SHARP PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING LEFT FOREARM.
WAS SLIDING MINER CABLE OVER WITH RIGHT LEG, WHILE BENT OVER HOLDING BOX AND HURT BACK.
WHILE INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT THE BOLT BENT STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND.
WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WAS TRAMMING AROUND A PILLAR 4 BREAKS FROM OUTSIDE SOMEHOW HAD LEFT R AND ON PINCH POINT BLACK, SWIVELD SCOOP AND MASHED LEFT THUMB AND 3-FINGERS.
WAS RUNNING MINER TURNING A RIGHT BREAK OUT OF #3 ENTRY. PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM RIB TO FIRST BOLT APP. 2-3' WIDE, 1-1 1/2" THICK, STRUCK VICTIM IN UPPER PART OF BACK AND RODE HIM TO MINE FLOOR.
WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT & BOLT HIT RIGHT WRIST
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM ROOF WHILE OPERATOR WAS BOLTING, PUSHING HIM INTO THE BOLTER & BRUISING HIS RIBS.
EE WAS SITTING NEXT TO A CORNER IN A INTERSECTION PILLAR LINE PART OF A RIB ROLLED OFF, ROAD HIMTO THE GROUND UPPER PART OF NOSE HIT A PIECE OF COAL OR ROCK RESULTING IN A BROKE NOSE
TWISTED KNEE WHILE BOLTING, AND TORE LIGAMENT OR CARTILAGE.
WAS SHOVELING UNDER STACKER BELT AND OUTSIDE HEAD DRIVE AND HURT BACK.
INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF EYE, CUT UPPER EYE LID.