HE WAS BOLTING ROOF IN #4 ENTRY USING A FLETCHER MODEL RR I-13 ROOF BOLTER. HE HAD DRILLED THE STARTER HOLE APPROX. 15" DEEP AND WAS TRYING TO PUT HIS FINISHING STEEL INTO THE HOLE BY USING TH E BOLTER HEAD AND FORCING THE FINISHER INTO THE HOLE WITH THE PUSHER STEEL. THE TWO PIECES OF STEEL SUDDENLY SNAPPED TOGETHER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AT THE POINT WHERE THE TWO PIECE
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Showing all 4INJURED WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IN #3 HEADING HE STATED THAT THE DRILL THRUST LEVER JAMMED WHILE HE WAS PUSHING THE ROOF BOLT IN THE HOLE & CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE HEAD O F THE MACHINE & THE ROOF THE INJURED RECEIVED MUTIPLE FRACTURES TO THE LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING 48 INCH RESIN ROOF BOLTS WITH A L ONG AIRDOX MODEL LRB 15A ROOF BOLTER IN NO. 10 ENTRY. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE AND PUSHING HIM INTO T HE ROOF BOLTER.3
GOT RT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN OPERATORS SEAT AND REAR WHEEL OF MACHINE MINOR ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO RT ARM