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BOLTER OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING HIS 3RD BOLT WHEN ROCK FELL AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT ANKLE.
HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN CUTTER BAR AND BAR STOP BROKE ONE FINGER AND SMASHED TWO OTHERS.
WAS DRILLING HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT STRIKING IN LOWER BACK. LOWER BACK WAS SCRATCHED.
BENDING BOLT AND SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN PINNER HEAD AND ROOF BOLT.
A COAL BOTTOM WAS LEFT WHERE BREAK CUT THROUGH CREATING A BUMP
SCOOP OPERATOR PARKED SCOOP UNDER THE CUTTER'S CABLE BLOCKS. THE CUTTER OPERATOR TOOK UP HIS SLACK CABLE FASTER THAN NARMAL, JERKING HIS CABLE OFF THE CABLE HANGERS AND HITTING THE SCOOP OPER ATOR ON THE HEAD.