USING CUTTING TORCH BURNED HIS R INDEX FINGER
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Showing all 8I.NAME DRILLING ROOF BOLT HOLE ON RIB,1ST ROW OF BOLTS IN 5-6 BREAK.PIECE OF ROCK 2'WIDE X 15'LONG X 2'THICK FELL FROM RIB AND ACROSS SHOULDERS AND BACK.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING BRUSH ALONG POWERLINE, WHEN SAW JUMPED, STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND.
BOLT STEEL DROPPED OUT OF HOLE.
INJURED STATED THAT HE HAD PULLED INTO PLACE TO BOLT. LOOSE ROCK OVER ATRS BRO, AND A PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIS CANOPY ON DRILL BOOM, SLIDING OFF, HITTING HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING UP CUT BACKED OUT & A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN STRAPS HITTING CANOPY & BROKE A PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG WHICH HE HAD RIDING ON THE CABLE
INJURED STATED HE HAD DRILLED HOLE WITH TWO SECTIONS OF STEEL WHEN HE TOOK FIRST SECTION OUT OF THE HOLE HIS HELPER SAID SOMETHING TO HIM WHEN HE LOOKED AWAY THE SECOND PIECE OF STEEL CAME OU T OF THE HOLE HITTING HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND
INJURED STATED HE WAS BOLTING & USING WRENCH TO DRIL LHOLE DEEPER WHEN WRENCH BROKE BECAUSE HEAD OF WRENCH HAD BEEN WLEDED ON.