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EE was installing a roof bolt, reaching for drill steel accidentally bumped rotation causing drill steel to hit left wrist & left forearm.
EE was fixing suction hose on the bolter. The hose had gotten stuck under the stab and was stuck. EE was trying to dislodge the hose and EE's bolt partner came to the controls. Instead of raising the stab the partner lowered the boom catching EE's fingers in a pinch point.
Two employees were filling the Fletcher roof bolter with hydraulic oil utilizing the power fill function, they activated the cable reel by mistake causing the cable to strike EE as EE was walking past the bolter.