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EE GOT HIS NECK CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROOF BOLTER MACHINE AND THE MINE TOP. TENDER NECK MUSCLE SPASM.
STARTED TO DRILL HOLE IN ROOF.PIECE OF ROCK CAME LOOSE FROM TOP STRIKING ROOF BOLT MACHINE CAUSING IT TO BREAK UP.SMALL PIECE STRUCK OPERATOR IN LEFT EYE.
CUTTER CABLE HUNG ON REEL AND I.NAME JERKED CABLE AND PULLED CHEST MUSCLE.
DRILLING COAL DRILL HUNG STRIKING MAN ON NOSE.
CAUGHT GLOVE ON DRILL STEEL WHILE BOLTING TOP
THE VICTIM WAS DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL A BOLT THROUGH A 6 IN X 8 IN COLLAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS FINGER. THE ROCK APPARENTLY WAS LAYING ON THE COLLAR AND THE VIBRATION CAUSED IT TO FALL.
ROOFBOLTER WAS CHANGING DRILL STEEL. EE HAS LEFT FINISHER PIECE IN ROOF HE WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE STEEL WHEN THE FINISHER FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS LEFT THUMB.