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EE STATED THAT THE ROOF BOLTER WAS DRIVEN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT AS HE WAS PREPARING TO ROOF BOLT.
PLACED LEFT HAND ON CANOPY AND RAISED IT UO TO SET AND CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST MINE ROOF MASHING AND CUTTING FINGER.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN HE SAT THE DRILL HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTER ON HIS RIGHT FOOT RESULTING IN A CRUSHING INJURY TO THE MIDDLE TOE. THE SKIN WAS SEWN OVER THE VERY END OF HIS TOE AT THE NAIL. THE STEEL TOE ACTUALLY MASHED THE END OF THE TOE.
EE STATED HE WAS A HOLE TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF & STRUCKHIM ON THE 2ND FINGER OF LEFT HAND. EE WAS TREATED AT ER WHERE HE RECD 6 STITCHES & RELEASED
EE WAS DRILLING THE ROOF WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BENT STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT FOREARM FRACTURINGIT.
EE STATED HE WAS CUTTING ON THE DECK OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND WHNE HE ATTEMPTED TO SWING HIS LEGS AROUND ONTO THE DECK HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS E XAMINED AND TREATED FOR MUSCLE STRAIN.
EE STATED THAT WHILE THE ROOF BOLTER WAS BEING TRAMMED AND HE WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF THE BOLTER HE PLACED HIS HAND ON TOP OF ATRS. THE ATRS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE ROOF AND PINCHING EE'S HAND. EE WAS TREATED FOR FRACTURED FINGER AND RETURNED TO WORK ON NEXT REGULAR SHIFT.