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LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 18" X 12" X 2" FELL FROM ROOF
INJURED WAS OPERATING A LN 255 CONTIUOUS MINER WHEN A HDYRALIC HOSE BUSTED SPRAYING FLUID INTO OPERATION\S EYES.
INJURY OCCURED WHEN BOLTER CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A ROOF BOLT PLATE WHILE PUSHING BOLT IN.
INJ WAS ROOFBOLTING ON RT HEAD OF BOLTER.PUSHING BELT INTO HOLE WITH HEAD OF BOLTER.FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO APPLY PRESSURE TO FEED LEVER .RIGHT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HEAD OF BOLT AND HE AD OF DRILL.
DRILL WAS BEING POSITIONED FOR DRILLING HOLES ON BENCH. DRILL OPERATOR POSITIONED DRILL TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF BENCH AND EDGE OF BENCH STARTED TO SLIP. BROUGHT CAT D-8 DOZER TO LOCATION ABOVE DR ILL. POSITIONED 1" CABLE TO TOE HOOK OF DRILL, WHEN D-8 STARTED TO PULL DRILL AWAY FROM EDGE OF BENCH, THE EYE ON DRILL BROKE LETTING THE DRILL SLIP TO BENCH BELOW (APPROX. 5 FT DISTANCE).