The injured employee said while cutting coal with a deep operator miner it cut thru hard middle man causing miner to jump and causing his head to hit canopy of miner, hurting his back.
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Showing all 6Roof bolter operator was holding drill steel while drilling. Steel caught glove on right hand, twisting and breaking right arm.
THE INJURED PERSON HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF CANOPY, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL CUTTING HIS FINGER, LITTLE FINGER & THE ONE NEXT TO LITTLE FINGER.
EE WAS ON TOP OF THE MINER TO REMOVE A ROCK FOULED IN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN THE MINER OPERATOR MOVED THE MINER CATCHING THE EE BETWEEN THE ROOF AND MACHINE BRUISING HIS KNEE AND BACK.
WHILE DRILLING HARD SANDSTONE, ROOF DRILL STEEL BROKE CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
WHILE LOWERING BOOM OF DOUBLE HEAD FLETCHER OFF SIDE (RIGHT) SIDE EE CAUGHT HIS HAND (RIGHT) HAND BETWEEN BOOM AND FRAME OF BOLTER.