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Roof bolting causing tendonitis from repetitive motion and strain on wrist leading to ee elbow
Roof bolter helper (injured employee) was pulling slack cable off the roof bolter cable reel. The roof bolter operator accidentally started to wind the cable reel while the bolter helper was pulling it, causing the cable to jerk the bolter helper and strain his back.
While bolting he had his hand on roof bolt. Swung head in hitting his hand on canopy.
Bolter was backing up ee left foot got under back bumper coming off ledge.
Had drill steel in bolter chuck, when swung head in to drill inside hole, drill steel fell out and hit him on the forearm.
Employee was running helper side of bolter. Bolter tire ran over his left foot.
While bolting a cross cut EE went to swing out the bolting head and went too far pushing his body into the rib.
EE did not use proper precautions to move roof bolter. He did not keep his body and head inside of the machine when moving the machine.
He was a bolter operator off side operator was advancing lift, when off side operator misplaced foot bolter tire ran over it.
TRAMMING BOLTER TOO CLOSE TO RIB, LEANED OUT OF OPERATORS DECK WHILE STILL TRAMMING MACHINE WHICH RESULTED IN GETTING HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN CANOPY OF MACHINE AND RIB. SENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM FOR EXAM, RELEASED TO COME BACK TO WORK FEB 2, 2005 (LIGHT DUTY).