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A shuttle car driver was tramming through a crosscut from Entry # 5 to Entry # 6. The car driver stopped spoke to the victim. The victim proceeded past the car, traveled through a curtain into the intersection of Entry # 6. The victim told the car driver he was clear. The car proceeded through the curtain and struck the victim between the shuttle car and the left rib.
A ROCK INTRUSION WAS PRESENT IN THE #6 RIGHT XCUT CORNER. THE INTERFACE OF THE ROCK & COAL CONTAINED A SLICKENSIDE AT ROUGHLY 45 DEGREES INTO THE ROCK. ONE PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING ~10 1/2' LON G, 77' WIDE, AND FROM 29-12"" THICK CAME FROM THE LEFT RIB AND STRUCK THE VICTIM INFLICTING FATAL INJURIES.