Wet Rock No 1 Coal

HAD A ROOF FALL JUST INBY 5TH LINE OF X CUTS AND UP INTO THE 6TH LINE OF X CUTS UP INTO THE 6TH LINE OF X CUTS THAT HAD JUST BEEN TURNED THIS WAS ABOUT 30 - 40 FT OUTBY FACE FALL WAS 17 FT 6 I CH WIDE 4 FT HIGH 50 FT LONG.

MINE FOREMAN WAS MAKING WEEKLY EXAMINATION ON HIS RETURN AIR COARSE WHEN HE FOUND RECK FALL IN 2ND X CUT INBY FAN DRIFT #1 ENTRY. WATER HAD BEEN SEEPING THRU TOP IN THAT AREA & W EAKENED IT FALL IS ABOUT 15'WX20'LX4'H.

ROOF BOLT HELPER WAS BENDING A RESIN ROD AND PUSHING IT UP IN THE HOLE WHEN HE PULLED ON IT TO STRAIGHTEN IT IT TURNED IN THE HOLE AND THE PLATE CAME AROUND AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE