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March 3, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Royal Harvest Ltd · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE, A ROOF BOLT MACHINE OPERATOR, WAS PUTTING UP A 4' ROOF BOLT WHICH HAD TO BE BENT BEFORE IT COULD BE INSTALLED. AS THE BOLT WAS BEING INSTALLED, THE HEAD OF THE BOLT CAUGHT HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER AS HE WAS PUSHING IT UP IN THE HOLE. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLT HEAD AND THE BOLTER HEAD.

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