Roof fall 15' wide, 20' long, 6' high. 200' outby face in beltway, spad No. 90. Found roof preshifting.
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Showing all 13The No. 2 entry at spad 283 roof fall. 7' high x 15' wide x 60' long.
Fire boss run on midnight shift discovered roof fall. Fall occured between day shift ended and midnight shift started. No one working underground pm shift. Size 11' long 10' wide 61' high main intake no equipment or employee involved.
Rock fell from roof and hit on his head and back. Took to hospital. Kept over-night and released to go home 12-21-09 am.
No broken bones - Took him to Clarksburg Hospital. Put 2 stitches in and released. Left hand above wrist - no broken bones.
Midnight foreman doing fire boss check discovered roof fall. Fall occurred over weekend when no one was working or in mines. Fall was approx. 6' high x 16' wide x 20' long on No. 2 belt inby 1 block where #2 belt started. Structure & belt damaged.
Roof fall. Fell on off shift. No one underground at time of roof fall. Inby survey station 17 & No. 3 line of crosscuts. In entries #1 to #5 entry.
Roof fall, about 25 feet long, 15 feet wide & 6' high above anchorage.
Using a cutting torch to remove bolts from miner was laying on back, cutting. A hot piece of metal went inot ear and burnt a hole in the ear drum.
The No 4 block in the last open crosscut of the number 3 entry fall is approximately 30 to 40 feet long and about 30 feet wide and about 12 feet high.
The #3 entry fell in at #1 2 break in from highwalls approx 20' long X 16' wide X 10' high.
An unintentional roof fall approx 20' long X 16' wide X 7' high. Occurred in the #3 entry at the base of the highwall.
Roof fall in the last open cross cut of #3 entry.