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SCOOP WAS LIFTING TAILPIECE WHEN IT FELL OFF AND COUGHT LEFT HAND.
INJURED AND ONE MAN WERE UNLOADING ROCKDUST OUT OF A SCOOP BLADE AND PUTTING IT ON #2 BELT. INJURED WAS ON HIS KNEES HANDLING THE DUST. HE PICKED UP A BAG AND SLIPPED TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.
EE, A ROOF BOLT MACHINE OPERATOR, WAS PUTTING UP A 4' ROOF BOLT WHICH HAD TO BE BENT BEFORE IT COULD BE INSTALLED. AS THE BOLT WAS BEING INSTALLED, THE HEAD OF THE BOLT CAUGHT HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER AS HE WAS PUSHING IT UP IN THE HOLE. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLT HEAD AND THE BOLTER HEAD.
INJURED & 2 EE'S WERE BUILDING A STOPPING. INJURED REACHED BEHINE HIMSELF TO PICK A CINDER BLOCKUP. WHEN HE GRABBED THE BLOCK HE TWISTED HIS WRIST.
INJURED AND FELLOW EE HAD FINISHED PUTTING A HEAD ROLLER ON 3 BELT HEAD AND WERE REMOVING THE BLOCKING FROM 2 TAIL PIECE. OTHER WENT TO THROW A CRIB BLOCK AND BEFORE HE REALIZED THAT INJURED W AS STANDING BEHIND HIM OTHER THREW THE CRIB BLOCK AND HIT EE INTHE LEFT KNEE.