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COND. WAS NORMA5, THE BOLTER MAN GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF BOLTER STEEL AS THEY WERE REINSERTED INTO THE HOLE, AS HE STARTED THE SPIN HIS HAND WAS PULLED ABOUT 3/4 OF A TURN H E JERKED HIS HA3D OUT AND STOPPED THE MACHINE SIMOLTANIOUSLY.
COAL WAS BEING 8RILLED IN VERY LOW CONDITIONS AS THE WAGON DRILL WAS BEING PUSHED DEEPER THE STEM BECAME FOULED THIS CAUSED THE GUARD AND HANDLE TO FOUT IN THE TOP. TO FREE THE DRILL I NAMD AN D II NAME WERE 1ULLING AND JERKING ON THE DRILL HE HURT HIS SHOULDER AND NECK.
I.NAME POSITION9D THE BOLTER & STARTED TO DRILL A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX 12" IN DIA 1 1/2" THK DROPPED ON THE CONTROLS JAMMING THE TRAM LEVER & T HE PANIC BAR. THE BOLTER CAME FO RWARD & JAMMED 3.NAME INTO THE RIB. I.NAME HAD A BRUISED STOMACH & MINOR SCRATCHES ON HIS BACK.
I NAME WAS TRAM4ING TEH BOLTER ACROSS THE SECTION AND HE WAS RIDING ON THE SIDE TRAY THE MACHINE WENT DOWN IN A HOLE (SMALL) AND BOUNCED UP, THE BOUNCING ACTION TOSSED I NAME AGAINST THE LOW ROOF AND DOWN A7ROSS THE BOOM ARMS