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I WAS HELPING ON BOLT MACHINE I PLACED BOLT IN HOLE HAD TO STRAIGHTEN OUT BOLT IN ORDER TO PUSH IT UP WHILE STRAIGHTENING BOLT IT TURNED & HIT IT WITH RIGHT SHOULDER.
MOVING RF BOLTER FROM BOLT BOLT PINNER HAD FLAT SLID OVER CAUGHT R LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS PINNING TOP AND HAD HAND ON PINNER WHEN ROCK DISLODGED FROM TOP AND STRUCK HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING ENTRY AND WAS PUTTING HIS BOLT UP WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL INBY PINNER. EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED AGAINST PINNER BY ROCK EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AND TRANSPORTED TO SURFACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN SPARKS FROM THE METAL BURNT BOTH EYES ARC WELDER BURN
WHILE GETTING READY IN INSTALL LEFT ROOF BOLT IN SECOND ROW IN THIRD LWFT INTERSECTION,THE INJURED ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR PULLED ROOF BOLT UP AND THE JACK ON PINNER CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS RIGF HT KNEE PUSHING IT INTO RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE MINER TO NEXT OUT. EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING CABLE AND HAD HUNG PULL ROPE ON MINER BOOM TAIL THEN TURNED TO WALK AWAY. PERATOR THEN TRAMMED MINER CATCHING EMPLOYEE AGA INST RIB INJURING LEFT LEG.
WHILE OPERATING NEW BOLTER MACHINE/ PINNER EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB WAS CRUSHED AGAINST CANOPY JACK WHILE STEEL BOLT BENT EMPLOYEE'S THUMB UP TO THE KNUCKLE HAD TO BE AMPUTATED
LEFT LITTLE FINGER CAUGHT IN GRINDING WHEEL FROM FIRST JOINT TO EEND OF FINGER AND RIGHT LITTLE FINGER SECOND JOINT DAMAGED.
WHILE INSTALLING THE FOURTH BOLT IN THE ROLL, HE CAME IN FRONT OF PINNER AND GOT MARKING STICK AND TURNED AROUND AND THE ROCK FELL, PUSHED THE JACK OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF PINNER. THE ROCK F ELL IN BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH JACK AD BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ROW OF JACKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS SQ6ATTING WHILE BOLTING ROOF WHEN KNEE CAME OUT OF PLACE
WHILE PUTTING R2OF BOLT UP, SAFETY JACK FELL OVER AND STUCK RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND. CUT HIS FINGER.
BOTH KNEES OF E4PLOYEE WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN PINNER MACHINE AND RIB CAUSING ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS OF BOTH KNEES
OPERATOR TURNING ROOF BOLTER AROUND AND HIS LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER FOOT JACK AND A ROCK ON BOTTOM.BRUISING LEFT FOOT AT ANKLE.