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OPERATOR OF THE ROOF BOLTER DID NOT CHECK ROOF FOR LOOSE ROCK WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE OPERATOR START ED HIS DRILL A SMALL PIECE OF LOSE ROCK HIT HIM ON THE BACK
THE OPERATOR WAS CHANGING ROOF DRILL STEEL WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED HIS DRILL HIS LEFT HAND GLOVE WAS IN THE JOINT OF THE DRILL STEEL AND TWISTED AND PULLED HIS FI NGER.
FINGERS CAUGHT BOLT MACHINE HEAD AND DRILL STEEL
LOW MINING HEIGHT.
INTERSECTION WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURRED HAD SEAM UP EACH SIDE AND A CRAKE ABOVE ROOF BOLTS.