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EE WAS TRAMMING MINER BOOM FIRST INTO A 60 DEGREE CROSSCUT. HE STOPPED THE MINER AND BEGAN TO WALK PAST THE CUTTER DRUM AND SUDDENLY BECAME PINNED BETWEEN THE COAL RIB & THE CUTTER DRUM. HE ST ATED HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. MAINTENANCE DEPT CHECKED TRAMMING DEVICES ON MINER BUT FOUND NOTHING ABNORMAL. ACTUAL CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
EE WAS PREPARING TO SET A LARGE CAPACITY ROOF JACK, AS HE LIFTED THE JACK, IT SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP AND PINCHED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE JACK AND A CRIB BLOCK.
ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN A 6'RESIN BOLT, AS HE PUSHED, THE BOLT ROTATED, CAUSING HIM TO PITCH FORWARD, HIS LEFT ARM CAME IN CONTACT WITH BOOM LEVER, THE BOOM RAISED, PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN BO LT & DRILL HEAD, COMPLIANCE NOT A FACTOR.
WHILE INSERTING A ROOF BOLT, FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN BOLT HEAD & BOLTER CHUCK. COMPLIANCE NOT A FACTOR, INATTENTION TO ACTIVITY A FACTOR.
INJURED WAS USING OVERHEAD CRANE. HE RAISED THE FRONT END OF MINER FRAME TO REMOVE CRIB BLOCKS, THEN LOWERED THE FRAME. AS HE BEGAN TO MOVE THE CRANE CHAIN HOOK CAUGHT FRAME, CRANE STALLED CHAIN HOOK SLIPPED FREE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RT. SIDE OF FACE.