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USING BOOM OF MACHINE TO BEND ROOF BOLT.
HE WAS GETTING READY TO LOWER STABILIZER JACK. HIS ARM CAUGHT ROOF BETWEEN ELBOW & STABILIZER LEVER. AS MACHINE WENT UP HIS ARM WAS PINNED AGAINST TOP AT THE ELBOW.
HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER PUTTING UP BOLT & A FASSIL ROCK IN THE IMMEDIA TE ROOF WHERE HE WAS DRILLING CAME OUT IT STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER & STRAINED A MUSCLE IN MID BACK AREA IT IS B EHIND A SMALL PIECE OF THAT ROCK STRUCK HIS LEFTANKLE & CAUSED A SIMPLE FX TO SMALL OUTER BONE
JUST STARTED TO DRILL TOP AND HAD RUBBER GLOVES ON OUT GLOVE STUCK TO DRILL STEEL AND TWISTED KNUCKLE OUT ON JOINT ON MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. HAD TO BE PUT BANK IN PLACE AND STITCHES UP.
INJ BOLTING TOP AND DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF HOLE HE WAS DRILLING AFTER HE HAD LET HEAD DOWN AND STRUCK HIM ON FINGER.
PIECE OF ROCK FELL HIT INJURED ON LEG WHILE BOLTING TOP.
WAS PICKING ROCK AND STATED HE DID NOT SEE A LUMP OF COAL THAT WAS COMMING OFF OF A SHAKER SCREEN.
HE REPORTED HE WAS TRAMMING MACHINE ACROSS SECTION AND HIT BACK AGAINST TOP.
WHILE INSTALLIN1 ROOF BOLTS HE MISTAKENLY HELD TO A ROOF BOLT THINKING IT WAS DRILL STEEL AND STARTED THE DRILL MOTOR. THIS RESULTED IN INJURY TO A SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
HIS LEFT ARM AN8 HAND WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT HIS LEFT ARM AND RING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER WERE BROKEN