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Employee placed Left Middle and Ring fingers in a pinch point area while Shields were being lowered causing injury to employee's fingers, employee could not explain why employee placed them in a pinch point area.
Employee was trying to straighten a roof bolt that was slightly bent using the step on the Fletcher Roof Bolter when the bolt rotated and slipped while in the step causing the employee to hit his left wrist on the step causing it to have a small slight fracture to his wrist.
He finished drilling a hole and was backing drill on an even bench, the right track went into a ditch and the drill tipped over. the mast was not centered, which caused more weight to the right side.
UNDER EX 270 HOE USING AN IMPACT WRENCH WHEN METAL FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 1/17/01. HAD FACE SHIELD ON.