PICKED UP 5 GAL OIL CAN & THREW WITH LEFT HAND.
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Showing all 10ROOF FALL 70' LONG X 20' WIDE X 5' HIGH BOLTED WITH 36" RESIN BOLTS AREA SPOT BOLTED WITH 48" RESIN BOLTS.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A CRIB BLOCK FROM UNDERNEATH A SHUTTLE CAR, HE GOT HIS FINGERS PINCHED BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR AND CRIB BLOCK.
ROOF FALL AT 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #1899. 25' WIDE, 6' HIGH. AREA WAS CRIBBED. AREA WAS CRIBBED AND TIMBERED OFF 25'+ LONG.
ROCK FALL AT SPAD 2687. 70' X 15' X 3' HIGH.' ONE SIDE OF FALL WAS A SLIP. CLEANED ROCK & BOLTED PLACE.
INTERSECTION AT SPAD 1909. FELL APPROX. 5'. AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 3 & 5 ROOF BOLTS.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BOLTER WRENCH TO BEND A ROOF BOLT THAT WAS HANGING FROM THE TOP. WHILE PUTTING UP PRESSURE ON THE BOLTER BOOM, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND BOOM WENT AGAINST THE TOP. HIS LEFT HAND WAS RESTING ON THE BOOM AND HIS MIDDLE FINGER GOT PINCHED AGAINST THE TOP.
THE BELT CONVEYOR BROKE WHILE HOISTING BELT BACK TOGETHER, VICTIM PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
FOREMAN WAS SUPERVISING AND STRAINED HIS NECK. CAUSE UNKNOWN
INSTALLING ROOF BOLT IN THE TOP PUSHING ROOF BOLT TOWARD THE DRILL POT & THE BOLT TWISTED AROUND PULLED MUSCLE WHEN BOLT TWISTED AROUND Y