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BOLTER OPERATOR HAD DRILLED AN 18" HOLE & CHANGED STEEL TO 2 PIECES OF STEEL, 18" STARTER + FINISHER & PUT STEEL TOGETHER & GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STARTER & FINISHER & STARTED THE RO TATION WIHICH IN TURN BROKE HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
HAULER OPERATOR PARKED UNIHAULER TO EXIT DECK, TO HANG A WATER LINE, HE FLAGGED MINER OPERATOR, THEN HE EXITED DECK, MINER OPERATOR DIDN'T SEE HIM FLAG OR EXIT HAULER. MINER BACKED UP PUSHING THE UNIHAULER UPON HAULER OPERATOR WHO HAD HIS BACK TURNED TO THE MACHINE, THE HAULER WAS PUSHED UP ON TO THE HAULER OPERATOR'S LEGS, WHICH RESULTED IN A FRACTURED KNEE CAP & BRUISES.
EE WAS PREPARING TO GO AROUND MACHINE TO MOVE UP FOR NEXT ROW OF BOLTS. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO RIB & MACHINE TRYING TO STAY OUT OF A PUDDLE OF WATER. HE SLIPPED & FELL GRABBING TRAM CONTROLS, TRA MING MINER OVER LT FOOT.
LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON EE WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON LEFT FOOT. METALTARSAL IN BOOT CUT AND BRUISED 3 TOES.
WAS PERFORMING HIS DUTY ON ROOF BOLTER, HIS JOB CLASSIFICATION, WHEN A ROOF BOLT SLIPPED OUT OF CHUCK STRIKING HIS 1ST FINGER ON RIGHT HAND LACERATING IT AND POSSIBLY BREAKING IT.
WHILE CHANGING A CONVEYOR SPEED REDUCER FROM A CONVEYOR POT AN HANGING FROM A BOOM TRUCK. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FINGER BETWEEN A I BOLT AN HOOK ON THE BOOM TRUCK.