EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING THE MINER CABLE WHEN HE NOTICED A LOOSE AND HANGING ROCK. WHEN HE WENT TO REMOVE THE ROCK WITH HIS HANDS TO TRY TO CONTROL THE ROCK AS IT FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR, THE INDEX FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THEROCK AND THE MINE ROOF SMASHING HIS FINGER. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE DISTAL END OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. NO TIME HAD BEEN LOST.