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38504AN WAS OPERATING A FLETCHER QUAL BOOM BOLTER AND HE SWUNG THE BOOM TO GET OUTSIDE HOLE AND HE HAD HIS LEG UNDER FOOT JACK.HE PROPPED FOOT JACK AND IT CAUGHT HIS TOE AND FRACTURED IT.
WHEN BOLTING A TURNOUT TOP COAL APP 4IN TO 1IN BY 3FT SQUARE FELL STRIKING VICTIM ON THE BACK OF NECK & HEAD & KNOCKING THE WIND OUT OF HIM
THE MAN WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS THE DRILL STEEL BECAME LODGED IN THE ROOF. HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE DRILL HEAD AND OF THAT MOMENT THE DRILL STEEL FELL FROM THE HOLE AND HIT HIS LEFT RING FINGE R.
THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS DRILING A HOLE. HE WAS ADDING AN EXTENSION TO THE DRILLL STEEL. HE WAS HOLDING THE STEELS TO GETHER WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND WAS OPERATING MACHINE WITH RIGHT . WH EN HE RAISED THE HEAD THE BOLTER HEAD JERKED, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL AND ROOF.