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The employee was in the belt entry using a roof bolting machine to install belt hangers. As the employee was installing the belt hanger ee reached to activate the fast feed lever when ee twisted lower back.
The injured employee was on EE's knees hanging the roof bolter cable slack. After the cable was hung, the operator started to get onto the roof bolter. The operators hand slipped and EE pushed down on the automatic cable reel take up. The injured EE was close to the cable and when the reel engaged the cable became tight and struck EE pushing EE to the side, twisting EE's left knee.
EE was using a hand held grinder when he let it slip and the grinding dish struck his left wrist.
EE was roof bolting while drilling a hole his wrench bent allowing the drill steel to come out and hit the EE on the right arm. Above the wrist causing a knot to come up on it.
Employee was installing a roof bolt and bent it. While trying to straighten it, he hit the rotation lever and spun the bolt twisting left wrist.
Employee was installing roof bolts, he bent one and was trying to get it back out of the hole. He was using the head to pull it back out of the hole, he hit the wrong lever and spun the bolt, twisting his right wrist. And after xrays was read, he has a fracture in his wrist.