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Subject was holding screen in place as the bolter operator lowered the ATRS. The clamp sprang up and smacked his hand against the machine.
Continuous miner was tramming and turned into a crosscut without realizing roof bolter operator was there and pinned him between miner tail and roof bolter.
EE was bolting. He bent a steel and it whipped out of the drill head. His abdomen was hit on the left side.
PULLING SPRING MOUNT BOLTS OFF WITH AIR WRENCH, SPRING SPRUNG DOWN ON AIR WRENCH AND SMASHED FINGERS ON HOIST.
WAS ROOF BOLTING A 1" ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND PUNCTURED LEFT FOOT.
WAS ROOF BOLTING. THE ROOF WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE ROOF BOLT AND HIT HIS HAND AND BROKE IT.