EE WAS ROOF BOLTING TO INSTALL SCREEN FOR A NEW SECTION SET UP. EE INADVERTANTLY USED FAST INSTEAD OF SLOW FOR THE BOOM LIFT AND A S RESULT PINCHED THUMB BETWEEN THE DRILL GUIDE AND CHUCK. A PORTION OF THE THUMB, BEHIND THE NAIL WAS CUT OFF. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR INJURY
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Showing all 3EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOFBOLTER. WHEN MOVING THE MACHINE CAP ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS FORE ARMS. EE WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC AND TREATED FOR BRUISES.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING THE EE WAS STANDING ON THE FLOOR AND WAS STRUCK ONT HE RIGHT KNEE BY A PLATFORM. THE PLATFORM WAS RAISED DUE TO LOW ROOF AND WAS NOT LATCHED. THE KNEE INJURY WAS MINER SCRAP TCH BUT LATER BECAME INFECTED. ON 4-9-03. THE EEWAS TREATED FOR.