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While rock dusting, employee injured his hand cleaning rock duster hopper.
An accident on the date of 2/9/12 resulted in a continuous miner operator/helper being crushed between the miner's tail boom and the coal rib. This inflicted a fractured let femur to the victim.
OPERATING ROOFBOLTER, WHEN A ROCK FELL CATCHING HIS LEG BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.
EE PULLED THE ROOF BOLTER INTO THE FACE AREA; HE THEN SET THE ATRS. A ROCK FELL IN BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTER AND CANOPY, HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD/NECK AREA.
THE MINER WAS MOVING FROM 13 TO 12 HEADING. THE MINER BACKED OUT PAST THE LAST OPEN XCUT. WHEN PULLING FORWARD AND TURNING LEFT, EE WENT TO THE OFF SIDE OF THE MINER TO HOLD THE CABLE UP, SO T HE MINER WOULD NOT GET ON THE CABLE. WHILE MINER MOVED FORWARD, A PIECE OF ROCK ON TOP OF THE MINER CAUGHT THE RIGHT RIB, PUSHING ROCK ACROSS MINER AND PUSHING EE AGAINST RIB.
AS THE BOLTER WAS BEING TRAMMED BACKWARDS IN A NARROW PLACE, EE TRIED TO GET BY THE BOLTER AS ITWAS MOVING AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLTER ANDRIB.
AS EE WAS DRILLING, HE WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE THE STEEL OUT AND APPARENTLY TE WRENCH BROKE/ SLIPPED AND HIS HAND SLIPPED.