While roof bolting the operator was installing the second steel to continue drilling the hole and they pinched a finger between the steels.
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May 24, 2024
UT · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Gentry Mountain Mining LLc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
April 4, 2023
UT · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Gentry Mountain Mining LLc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Roof bolting, putting pusher and starter steels together, didn't get connected. put pressure on drill steels, let pressure off and steels came apart and one of the drill steels sprung back and hit EE's hand, cutting it open.
March 16, 2023
UT · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Gentry Mountain Mining LLc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
around 12:00 pm right shoulder started to hurt for no apparent reason.
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