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EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE ROOF BOLT OPERATOR BOLT WIRE TO MINE ROOF HE WAS HOLDING THE ROOF BOLT STRAP AGAINST THE MINE ROOF WHEN THE OPERATOR RAISED THE ROOF BOLT HEAD TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT HE INADVERTLY CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE LEFT FINGER BETWESTRAP & MINE ROOF
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING THE TOP OF CANOPY. THE ROCK SLID OFF THE CANOPY STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT MISS A DAY AT WO RK UNTIL 8-23-90.
THE EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT AS HE WAS DRILLING THE DRILL STEEL BROKE STRIKING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
ATTEMPTING DRILL HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT STARTED DRILLING THE HOLE PC OF ROCK FELL STRIKE HIM ON R ARM
TWO ROOF BOLT OPERATORS HAD PULLED THEIR MACHINE INTO #2 ENTRY TO START BOLTING. THEY SET THEIR ATRS & STARTED DRILLING. WHEN INJURED EMPL REMOVED HIS DRILL STEEL PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING H IM ON LEFT SIDE & LOWER BACK.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ASSIGNED THE TASK OF BOLTING WIRE MESH T O T HE MINE ROOF IN THE INTAKE AIRWAY AS THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRILL A HOLE IN THE MINE ROOF A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 18 INCHES X18INCHES X4IN FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER BACK
EMPL WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE WAS STARTING DRILL HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE ROOF BOLTER HEAD TO INSTALL THE NEXT BOLT WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPL DRILLING HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT.TOOK PRESSURE OFF MACHINE TO REMOVE DRILL STEEL,PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF HEAD.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER THAT RESULTED IN A BROKEN COLLAR BONE AND 3 CRACKED RIBS.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS. HE REACHED UP WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO STEADY THE PLATE AS HE WAS SPINNING THE RESIN. HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT BY THE ROOF BOLT PLATE.
THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS HELPING ON THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE. THE ROOF BOLT OPERATOR WAS RAISING THE HEAD ON THE MACHINE TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT WHEN THE INJURED EMPLOYEE INADVERTLY LAID HIS LEFT HAND ON TOP OF3THE ROOF BOLTER HEAD. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HEAD AND THE MINE ROOF.
USING CUTTING TORCH TO CUT PIEC OF METAL.AS HE WAS CUTTING METAL PIECE OF SLAG POPPED LOOSE STRIKING HIM IN RIGHT EYE.