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WHILE BOLTING WAS DRILLING TOP TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & HIT HIS LEFT FOREARM CUTTING HIM
PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF TOP TWISTED WRIST.
INJURED WAS MARKING HOLES FOR BOLTER OPERATOR WHEN BOLTER OPERATOR SWUNG BOOM STRIKING AND BRUISING INJURED LEFT KNEE.
SIDE BOARD BROKE AND THREW COAL INTO EYES OF OPERATOR.
SUCTION ON DRILL HEAD WAS PLUGGED UP HE LOWERED HEAD WHILE DRILL STEEL WAS STILL IN ROOF HE PUT HIS HAND OVER HEAD TO CHECK THE SUCTION THEN ATTEMPTED TO PUSH ROTATE LEVER BUT PUSHED THE WRONG LEVER & HEAD WENT UP CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN DRILL HEAD & DRILL STEEL
EMPL SMASHED THUMB WITH ROOF BOLT PLATE WHILE INSTALLING 8'TENSION GROUT BOLT.
ROOF BOLTER HELPER PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CONTROL ARMS OF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE BOOM. THE ROOF BOLTER RAISED THE BOOM, SMASHING THE HAND OF THE HELPER BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTR OL ARMS.
FLUID FROM RESIN GROUT CARTRIDGE CAME IN CONTACT WITH EMPL'S EYE.