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USING BOOM OF MACHINE TO BEND ROOF BOLT.
HE WAS GETTING READY TO LOWER STABILIZER JACK. HIS ARM CAUGHT ROOF BETWEEN ELBOW & STABILIZER LEVER. AS MACHINE WENT UP HIS ARM WAS PINNED AGAINST TOP AT THE ELBOW.
HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER PUTTING UP BOLT & A FASSIL ROCK IN THE IMMEDIA TE ROOF WHERE HE WAS DRILLING CAME OUT IT STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER & STRAINED A MUSCLE IN MID BACK AREA IT IS B EHIND A SMALL PIECE OF THAT ROCK STRUCK HIS LEFTANKLE & CAUSED A SIMPLE FX TO SMALL OUTER BONE
JUST STARTED TO DRILL TOP AND HAD RUBBER GLOVES ON OUT GLOVE STUCK TO DRILL STEEL AND TWISTED KNUCKLE OUT ON JOINT ON MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. HAD TO BE PUT BANK IN PLACE AND STITCHES UP.