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Injured was operating fletcher twin boom roof bolter. Drill steels dropped out of roof and hit EE in middle finger of right hand.
Injured twisted knee while running roof bolter. Normal work while bolting. Not sure how knee became injured. Right knee has ligiments torn. MRI scheduled 3/25/08
While injured was tramming bolter from one work place to the next work place, he put his arm outside the tram canopy deck area and trammed bolter into rib causing arm to get caught between rib and bolt machine.
Using hydraulic tension equipment to put tension on cable type roof bolts, he twisted his back.
While EE was installing a cable bit. His drill steel got stuck in the roof while trying to remove drill empty, he cut his finger between drill steel and bolt chuck.
While operating operator's side of bolter, drill head went up higher than the canopy and got wedged onto canopy. Employee used left hand to separate head and canopy causing hand laceration.
EE moved miner from X 8-9 to #8 inter. He stopped the miner to hook up rope to miner cable handler to drag miner slack to face of #8. When he bent down to get rope, felt miner up against him, causing cable handler to puncture his R. thigh. EE was not tramming the miner. Miner was checked & left-side IVS changed. Also, small roll in bottom observed in #8 hdg.
WHILE BOLTING IN #3 HEADING OF 1 RD, A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S BOLTER CANOPY AND THEN FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.
WHILE TRAMMING BOLTER THROUGH XCUT, EE HAD HIS HAND LAYING ON BUMPER OF BOLTER. WHEN HE TRAMMED THE BOLTER, HE MASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN RIB & BOLTER BUMPER.
EMPLOYEE HAD HAND RESTING ON BOOM ARM WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, WHICH CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BOOM ARMS OF BOLTER.
MAN WAS HELPING BOLTER WHEN ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS & HIT MAN ON BACK OF HAND & BROKE IT.
WHILE BOLTING A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND SLID DOWN TRS AND HIT GROUND FLIPPING OVER AND HIT MAN ON RIBS (ROCK WAS 2" THICK BY 12" ROUND)
A SOAP STONE ROCK AND WATER IN TOP LET ROCK SEPARATE BETWEEN BOLTS, LETTING ROCK BREAK LOOSEAND DROPPING ON EDGE OF CANOPY, THEN SLIDING OFFAND HITTING MAN ON BACK, LEFT ARM AND RIGHT LEG. HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THIS TIME.