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At 5:50 am on 10/16/2015 while checking the water level we found a roof fall in #2 entry (return) at 72 break. The fall was 30' long by 20' wide and 36" thick. There was 36" roof bolts and they came down with the fall. This is an untraveled area.
Scoop operator was hauling supplies to the section and the roof bolter cable got hung on the canopy of the scoop, operator tried to move the cable and his finger got smashed between the canopy of the scoop and the cable.
Hanging a chute to a rotary breaker and finger got mashed between chute and breaker.
Changing jack on shuttle car and mashed thumb.