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SUBJECT OPERATING ROOFBOLTER.GOT LEFT HAND GLOVE CAUGHT IN ROOFSTEEL.TWISTED SUBJECT AROUND INJURING LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND TWISTED SUBJECT TO LEFT HITTING LEFT KNEE ON BOLTER INJURING LEFT K NEE.
A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP & STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING ROOF WITH TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTER WHEN TRS RING BROKE A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FALLING & STRIKING EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT
EE WAS OPERATING TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTER BOLTING ROOF WHEN EE DRILLING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING EE S RIGHT FOOT.
THE HEAD ON ROOFBOLTER CAME DOWN AND CAUGHT RIGHT KNEE. RELIEF VALVE WAS NON UNLOCKED.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELED DOWN ON KNEE'S IN UPRIGHT POSITION WAITING ON CONT. MINER TO BACK OUT OF #3 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS & ST RAPS, STRIKING HIM IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTER AFTER INSTALLING ROOF BOLT HE LET OPERATOR PROTECTIVE CANOPY DOWN ON LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH TORCHES, GOT SICK FROM THE SMOKE FROM THEM.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH ROOF BOLTER A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM MINE ROOF, BREAKING OFF AT T.R.S. THE PIECE OF ROCK STOOD UP FALL ING BACK UNDER CANOPY STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTE RINSTLALING ROOF BOTLS A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKEFROM ROOF AT THE EDGE OF MACHINE CNAOPY, EMPLOYEE WAS COMING FROM THE BACK OF MACHIEN AFTER GETTING BOTL TO B E INSTALLED ROCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG BRUISIG LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN LINING UP A STRAP A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON LEFT HAND, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN DRILL BOOM OF BOLTER AND ROCK. MASHING AND FRACTURING LEFT RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER ON 001 SECTION IN FACE OF #3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 20" X 40" X 3" FELL FROM TOP BETWEEN CANOPY & T.R.S. STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE. RESULTING IN BRUISE TO RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE AND CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE RAISED CANOPY ON BOLTER BREAKING PIECE OF ROCK LOOSE FROM ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND INJURED RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND FRACTURED FINGER IN LAST JOINT ON END OF FINGER
54736YEE WAS CUTTING WOODEN STANDERS WITH CHAINSAW FOR SUPPLY CAR SAW CAME OUT OF WOOD PIECE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON INSIDE OF LEFT FOOT CATCHING HIS FOOT INJURING EMPLOYEE
66925RS WERE SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT WHEN INJURED EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY TRYED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT ON BELT SPLICING MACHINE WHILE CO-WORKER WAS OPERATING MACHINE, CATCHING MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAN 40950MACHINE, RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF FINGER TO THE MIDDLE JOINT.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR HAD LEFT HAND LAYING ON BOLT TRAY & PIECE OF ROCK 2"X12"-14" SQUARE FELL & HIT LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND & BROKE IT IN SEVERAL PLACES. ONE FINGER WAS ONLY PART OF HAND TH AT WAS INJ.
WELDING WHEEL UNIT ON SHUTTLE CAR
ROOF BOLTER ENTERED #7 HEADING ON 2 SECTION AFTER PUTTING UP 2 ROWS OF BOLTS, THE LEFT SIDE BOLTER OPERATOR PULLED A LOOSE PIECE OF DRAW ROCK WHICH HIT ON THE TRS AND FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR. T HE ROCK FLIPPED OVER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT. HIS ANKLE WAS CRACKED BUT NOT BROKEN.