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EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND BOLTER DRILL POT.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP DRILL STEEL BECAME LODGED IN THE ROOF DRILL STEEL FELL FROM ROOF MASHING LFT RING FINGER
ENGINE STALLED ON DOZER EMPLOYEE STATED THA THE BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD AND HE JUMPED FROM DOZER AND INJURED HIS KNEE
EMPL ALLEDGES HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE BENDING ROOF BOLT.
WHILE BENDING ROOF BOLT FOR INSTALLATION VICTIM FOR NO EXPLICABLE REASON, TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING SPRAIN TO IT.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE BUMPED HIS RT KNEE AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTER HE WAS OPERATING HE DID NOT REPORT THIS ALLEDGED ACCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR
WHILE HELPING ON A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE A PIECE OF UNDETECTABLE LOOSE ROCK (ASLUG) INEXPLICABLY FELL FROM THE ROOF (BETWEEN BOLTS) STRIKING VICTIM ON BACK CAUSING A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF D- 8 VERTEBRA
WHILE VICTIM WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE THE DRILL STEEL AFTER FIRST HANGING UP IN THE HOLE DROPPED OUT AND STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION
VICTIM SLIPPED 4HILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF WAY OF TREE HE WAS CUTTING DOWN AND HIS RIGHT HAND HIT CHAIN SAW AND IT CUT INTO BASE OF THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
VICTIM WAS USIN1 WRENCH TO REMOVE BOLT ON BELLY PAN OF ENDLOADER BELLY PAN SUDDENLY SLIPPED & HIT WRENCH WHICH IN TURN STRUCK VICTIMS RT THUMB BREAKING & LACERATING IT