EE was installing a roof bolt on the corner of a newly created intersection. While pushing the bolt in the drilled hole and straightening the bolt out, he felt pain in his lumbar area of his back.
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Showing all 13While installing a roof bolt the employee accidently caught his right index finger between the plate and the roof.
Employee was tramming the dual boom bolter. He reached out to grab his cable and caught his hand between a pallet of block and the roof bolter.
Employee was spotting bolts in a loose roof area, along the rib. The drill steel helped dislodge a piece of rock that slid onto the driller's canopy and then off it and onto his left ankle. Rock was 27" long x 14" wide and 0-2" thick (employee worked restricted duty. Dr visit 1/4/08 another MRI showed fracture. Employee off).
While installing a roof bolt, left index finger got caught between roof bolt plate and drill head of roof bolter.
Employee was installing a roof bolt. While straightening the bolt the bolt slipped and the employee fell forward hitting the bolt with his mouth. He dislodged 2 top teeth and 2 bottom teeth.
While pushing up roof bolt employee placed hand on top of coupler and pushed wrong leaver causing bolt to cut left hand index finger.
WHILE PUSHING BOLT & PLATE UP TO THE ROOF BOLT, IT KICKED OUT & STRUCK BACK OF LT. HAND CUTTING RING FINGER & MIDDLE FINGER, REQUIRING STITCHES.
WHILE BACKING MINOR OUT OF X CUT PINCHED FOOT BETWEEN MINER SEAT AND RIB.
EE WAS PUSHING A BOLT UP WITH A BOLTER HEAD AND GOT FINGER BETWEEN HEAD OF BOLTER AND BOLT. CUT FINGER.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING KNEE SWELLED UP AND GOT SORE.
VICTIM WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN BOLT PLATE & BOOM OF ROOF BOLTER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND GOT FINGER BETWEEN BOLT PLATE AND DRILL HEAD OF MACHINE.