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INJURED WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF THE CONTINOUS MINER MOVING THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY. INJURED THEN RESTED HIS RT HAND AGAINST THE TOP OF THE MINER CANOPY AND THE MINER BOUNCED UP. I NJUREDS RT HAND WAS THEN CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINER CANOPY AND MINE ROOF. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN A LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO HIS RING FINGER OF HIS RT HAND.
EE WAS ROOFBOLTING AND WAS IN PROCESS OF PUSHING ROOFBOLT AND PLATE UP INTO DRILLED HOLE TO BE TIGHTENED. EE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE PLATE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND WHEN THE BOLT AND PLATE MADE CON TACT WITH THE MINE ROOF HIS INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PLATE AND ROOF. EE JERKED HIS HAND AND THE PLAT EDGE CUT HIS FINGER. RECEIVED 6 SUTURES.
INJURED STATED HE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN SOME THICK DRAW ROCK FELL INBY THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS. WHEN TE ROCK FELL INJURED STATED HE TURNED TO RISE UP AND RUN, TWISTIN G HIS BACK AS HE DID THIS. INJURED RECEIVED PULLED MUSCLES TO HIS LOWER BACK AREA DUE TO THE QUICK TWISTING MOTION.