Employee was inserting a roof bolt into the mine roof using the roof bolter to push the bolt into the hole. He was using his left hand to guide the bolt into the hole and got his middle finger pinched between the mine roof and the bolting machine.
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November 4, 2004
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
E-Z Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
July 16, 2002
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
E-Z Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WAS MOVING THE BOLTER MACHINE & THE BOLTER DECK CAUGHT HIS RT KNEE & PINNED IT AGAINST THE RIB. CAUSED A BRUISED INJURY TO RT KNEE.
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