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WHILE DRILLING STARTER HOLE WITH STARTER STEEL 24" LONG. HAD FINISHED DRILLING HOLE 24" DEEP. HE HAD LOWERED BOOM SOME. HE PUT HIS HAND ON STEEL. (NOT ROTATING) TO LOWER STEEL OUT OF HOLE. HE RAISED BOOM BY MISTAKE AND CAUGHT RT HAND 1ST FINGER FROM THUMB, BETWEEN ROOF AND STEEL. PINCHING FINGER.

ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WHILE INSTALLING 42" FULLY GROUTED BOLT CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOLT AND THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE.

OPERATOR INSTALLED 1ST BOLT IN THE CUT. HE HAD REPOSITIONED BOLTER SO THE OTHER OPR COULD PUT UP ADDITIONAL BOLT. HE WAS WAITING ON THE OTHER OPR TO FINISH HIS BOLT. SITTING ON RIB 3 RAIL OF B OLTS OUTBY LAST ROW WHEN A ROCK & COAL BROW FELL HITTING HIM ON LEFT KNEE. ROCK & COAL 18" TRIANGLE. 2" THICK. (#5 RT CUT THROUGH TO #6. 140' INBY SPAD #136.)

EE WAS TRAMMING CONTINUOUS MINER INTO 4 LEFT BREAK. MINER WATERLINE BECAME HUNG AT MOUTH OF 4 HEADING, CAUSING WATERLINE TO COME OVER INTO THE DECK OF THE MINER. STRIKING EE AND KNOCKING HIS H EAD INTO SIDE OF CONTROL BOX.

WHILE DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE SMALL PIECE OF ROCK/COAL ENTERED THE EE S LEFT EYE. THE EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN FOUR LOST WORK DAYS.

AFTER COMPLETING A ROOF BOLT HOLE, THE DRILL HEAD WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING LOWERED WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING O-.75 INCHES THICK, 2TO 6 1/2 INCHES WIDE AND 12 1/4 INCHES LONG FELL STRIKING THE ROOF BOLTER THE BOUNCIN OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIHT ARM BETWEEN THE WRIST AND ELBOW CAUSING A LACERATION. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND. NO LOST TIME OR RES

EE WAS WORKING ON MINER BOOM JACK, BOOM CAME DOWN CATCHING EE LEFT ARM.