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August 15, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Vision Coal, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Drilling hole for resin bolt, EE smashed his middle finger and nail.

May 15, 2009 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Vision Coal, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While performing his regular job duties as a roof bolter operator, employee reached up to get a section of drill steel when he got the middle finger of his left hand caught between the roof bolter pot and the mine roof.

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