EMPLOYEE PUTTING BOLT IN MINE TOP WHEN ROCK SLIPPED BRUSHING BY EMPLOYEE'S LEFT SIDE.
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Showing all 7EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. HAND WAS ON TOP OF DRILL STEEL WHEN ROCK FELL AND CAUGHT SIDE OF EE'S THUMB.
HE WAS TRAMMING THE DRILL OUT OF #3 WHEN HE MASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE LEVERS AND THE ROOF.
HE WAS STARTING THE ROOF BOLT INTO THE HOLE WHEN THE ROOF BOLT HOLE SURROUNDING ROCK FELL. IT STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD [BACK], BACK OF NECK, & SHOULDERS.
HE WAS ROOF-BOL7ING OUT OF SEQUENCE.NO VISIBLE INJURY.COMPLAINED OF NUMB LEG.KEPT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.
EMPLOYEES PREPA9ED TO BOLT ROOF BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS, LOOSE DRAW ROCK FELL INJURING THEM, I.NAMES BACK WAS INJURED FULL EXTENT OF INJURY NOT KNOWN
EMPLOYEES PREPA9ED TO BOLT ROOF BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS, I.NAMES BACK WAS INJURED. DR SAID HE EXPECTS FULL RECOVERY