WHILE MOVING ROOF BOLTER UP TO BOLT TOP WHERE OVERCAST HAD BEEN SHOT OUT PIECE OF TOP BETWEEN TWO BOLTS FELL OUT HITTING HIM ON BACK OF NECK & BETWEEN SHOULDER.
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Showing all 10HE BUMPED RIGHT KNEE ON DRILL POT OF ROOF BOLTER WHILE LOWERING HEAD DOWN.
WHILE DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE, THE DRILL STEEL GOT HUNG IN THE HOLE. THEN WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE WITH HIS LEFT HAND, THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.
WHILE HE WAS RUNNING THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE, A SMALL RIB ROLL OCCURRED PINNING HIS LEFT AG AGAINST THE CANOPY ON THE MINER.
WHILE HE WAS OPERATING CONTINOUR MINER RIPPER HEAD OF MINER GOT H UNG UP IN ROCK HE WAS CUTTING & WHEEN IT BECAME LOOSE MINER DECK SLAMMED TO BOTTOM JARRING OPERATOR.
WHILE PULLING T2E CABLE OVER THE HEAD OF THE MINER, THE MINER TURNED TO THE SIDE AND PULLED HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS ELBOW.
BUMPED END OF E5BOW WORKING ON ROOF BOLTER.
HE WAS OPERATIN1 A BULLDOZER ON THE SLATE DUMP AND WHILE BACKING UP OVER A SMALL HUMP OF SLATE, IT JARRED HIM HURTING HIS STOMACH AND LEFT SIDE.
WHILE EMPL ROOF3BOLTING,CAUGHT FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN WRENCH AND HEAD ON ROOF BOLTER.
HE DIDN\T REMOVE HIS LEG WHEN THE ROOF BOLTER HEAD WAS LOWERED. THE LOWERING HEAD STRUCK HIS KNEE.