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Employee was installing curtain board, put pressure on 18" bolt which bent and kick around, causing the bolt plate to strike employee above the right eye, causing a laceration.
Employee was trying to unplug the dust hose on the roof bolter. His hand was top of the drill chuck when he raised the drill boom in order to get to the fitting on the bottom of the drill pot and caught his hand between the drill chuck and steele that was in the hole.
Employee was working on suction on offside of bolter when the operator side operator came around to offer assistance. The operator from the operator side leaned over to help, hitting the lever causing the head to go up, catching offside operator's fingers between the head arm and the arm going to the feed jack. He suffered lacerations and fractures to fingers on his left hand.