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INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE FLETCHER BOLTER, HAD INSTALLED 1 BOLT IN FIRST ROW OF A BREAK THROUGH WHEN A SECTION OF ROCK FELL FROM THAT BOLT OVER TO THE ROUNDED CORNER ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ROOF WHERE THE X-CUT WAS STARTED. SECTION OF ROOF MEASURED 102" LONG, 6"-30" WIDE AND 7" THICK.
EE STATED HE BOLTED ROOF ON 03-30-94 & EXPERIENCED A SORE BACK & OTHER MUSCLES ON 03-31-94 THAT KEPT HIM FROM WORK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THRU 04-12-94 NO ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED & WE DID NOT KNOW OF THE REASON FOR HIS BEING OFF DUTY UNTIL HIS RETURN TO WORK ON 04-12-94
EE WAS OPERATING THE FLECTHER BOLTER PUTTING DRILL STEEL IN CHUCK LEFT RING FINGER BECAME MASHED AS POT KICKED BACKWARDS
INJURED EE STATED HE WAS BOLTING THE ROOF, HE CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE BOLT MACHINE AND THE DRILL POT CAUSING A PINCH POINT.
95149ED STATED HE WAS CUTTING ALINK IN A CHAIN WITH A BAND SAW WHEN THE SAW BLACK SLIPPED CUTTING HIS FINGER.
INJURED SAID HE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN CROSSCUT 5 BREAK TO LEFT A PIECE OF ROCK PUT DR TOP OF CANOPY WHEN HE LET CANOPY AROUND ROCK SLID OFF AND HIT HIM IN BACK.
PC OF SLATE FELL BRUISING L SHOULDER
PINCHED RIGHT THUMB WITH DRILL STEEL
MINING MACHINE THRW ROCK IN AIR WHICH HIT MINER HELPER IN CHIN LACERATION.
MAN WAS STANDING AT THE BACK OF CONTIOUS MINING MACHINE WITH HIS RIGHT ON THE BOOM OF THE MINER A SMALL PEICE OF SLATE FELL BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTERS AND CUT HIS HAND.