EE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER, REACHED UP TO FREE STEEL AND ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND.
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Showing all 11WHILE OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER, EE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.
R.B. OPERATOR WAS STRUCK BY A R.B. WHILE LOWERING THE ATRS SYSTEM. A R.B. LAYING ON THE MACHINE WAS CAUGHT BY THE ATRS AND SLUNG AROUND HITTING THE OPERATOR IN THE FACE.
EMPLOYEE GOT HIS HAND & FINGERS CAUGHT WHILE TRYING
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS THUMB WITH THE CANOPY JACK ON THE FLETCHER ROOFBOLTER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING THE MINER CABLE OFF OF THE MINER HEAD AND GOT HIT FOOT CAUGHT UNDER THE GATHERING HEAD.
WHILE THE INJUR9D EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOFBOLTER A SMALL ROCK FELL OUT BEHIND HIM HITTING THE CANOPY SLIDING OFF AND HITTING HIM IN THE BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING R.B. MACNINE AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE WITH THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE
WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE TEMPORARY ROOF JACK AFTER A BOLT WAS INSTALLED, A PIECE OF ROCK 5\X 3\X 6" FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FOOT.
INJURED WAS TRYING TO PUT UP A ROOF BOLT, THE BOLTER OPERATOR ROTATED THE HEAD A LITTLE IN ORDER TO LINE IT UP.
INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN HE LOOKED OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD BEEN DONE, WHEN HE DID SO, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL SKIMMING HIS FACE.