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While helping the bolter operator, he got his left foot caught by the boom of the bolter, causing dislocation of his left big toe.
He was servicing the miner. The miner bits got caught on the line curtain, so he shut the miner off and tried to get the curtain loose. Since he could not free it, he started the miner to drop the head. He placed his left hand on a bit lug. Instead of lowering the head, he mistakenly raised the head, smashing his left hand between the roof and the miner head.
The employee stated that he was leaning over the scoop batteries to let the bolter cable down. The roof bolter operator was tramming the bolter around the turn, and the pad of the ATRS roof support struck him, pinning him between the scoop batteries and the ATRS.
Was cleaning loose material from around cement pump feed area when the auger caught his glove.
EE bent a roof bolt during installation. The head of the bolt stuck in the chuck of the bolter. The EE was working his drill head up and down to try and free the roof bolt. He accidentally hit the rotation lever, causing bolt to spin and strike his arm.
The bolter wrench was stuck in the head. Injured was using channel locks to remove the stuck wrench. While jerking on the channel locks, injured twisted his wrist. He continued to bolt for the remainder of the shift. (Bolting helper-side Fletcher RRII). He went to the hospital later for treatment after wrist began swelling and pain increased.