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EE WAS OPERATING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROOF DRILL WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT CAME ENTANGLED WITH THE DRILL BOOM & ATRS OF THE BOLTER, CAUSING A CARPAL FRACTURE TO HIS FIRST & SECOND TOES ON HIS LEFT F OOT.
YEE WAS OPERATING THE OFFSIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND AS HE LET THE ATRS DOWN FROM THE TOP. A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS ALREADY INSTALLED AND HIT HIS SMALL LEFT FINGER. FIN GER HAD TO BE AMPUTATED AT 1ST JOINT.
EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER DRILLING TOP TO INSTALLA ROOF BOLT WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BENT UNDER THE MUD PRESSURE STRIKING HIS RIGHT ARM AND FRACTURING A BONE IN HIS WRIST.
EMP WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER. WHEN HE TURNED TO PICK UP A BOLT AND PLATE, A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS ALREADY INSTALLED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EE AND EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF ROC FROM A BROW WHEN IT TURNED LOOSE, SLIDING DOWN PULL BAR CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREARM.
EE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A HAULER WHILE THE OUTSIDE PERSON WAS LOADING A PAN FOR A MINER, WHEN A CHAIN CAME LOOSE AND THREW A LOOSE BOLT IN THE RT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
EE WAS OPERATING THE OPERATOR SIDE OF THE TD-243 ROOFBOLTER, WHEN A ROCK 6"X 4"FELL FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RT HAND.
HE WAS IN THE FACE AREA WATCHING THE MINER CUT COAL, WHEN THE BOOM OF THE MINER HIT THE RIB BESIDE HIM, CAUSING A SECTION OF THE RIB TO FALL OFF STRIKING HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE DRILL HEAD OF A LEE-NORSE ROOFBOLTER, WHEN A ROOFBOLT FELL STRIKING THE CONTROLS CAUSING THE HEAD TO MOVE CAUSING THE LEFT HAND TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD AND CANOPY.