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HAND WAS RESTING ON ROOF BOLTER BOOM WHEN IT RAISED IT PINNED LITTLE FINGER AMPUTATING.
ROCK DUSTER ROLLED BACK HITTING KNEES
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR GOT GLOVE CAUGHT IN TWO PIECE STEEL TWISTED ARM FRACTURED.
CUTTING BOLT OFF MINER & PIECE OF METAL BLEW UP & WENT IN LEFT EYE.
WHILE BOLTING TOP PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRUCK HARD HAT THEN FELL ON LEFT FOOT. HARD HAT CAUSED LACERATION ON FOREHEAD.
COMING OUT OF #2 PLACE, REAR END OF BOLTING MACHINE DROPPED INTO A HOLE, THROWING OPERATOR AND MACHINE AGAINST THE TOP CRUSHING A VERTEBRAE IN OPERATORS BACK.
I.NAME INSTALLING BOLTS IN #4 ENTRY RIGHT BREAK.WHILE CONNECTING 2 PIECES OF STEEL HE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE TWO CAUSING A CUT AND BROKEN BONE IN LEFT HAND.
PINNER OPERATOR IN THE #4 HEADING AND DRAW ROCK CAME FROM BETWEEN TWO BELTS AND HIT I NAME IN THE BACK I NAME WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSP.BY AMBULANCE SERVICE.