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While roof bolting the operator was installing the second steel to continue drilling the hole and they pinched a finger between the steels.
Roof bolting, putting pusher and starter steels together, didn't get connected. put pressure on drill steels, let pressure off and steels came apart and one of the drill steels sprung back and hit EE's hand, cutting it open.
around 12:00 pm right shoulder started to hurt for no apparent reason.
EE was setting a roof bolt and the chuck adapter snapped sending wrench into EE's right wrist.
Moving MRS back and the plow flipped over a chunk of coal onto EE's right foot.