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THIS WAS A SMALL ROOF FALL CAUSED MAINLY BY SOFT WET TOP HAVING A SLIP RUNNING ACROSS THE ENTRY FALL WAS 12FT LONG & 14FT WIDE & 4FT HIGH NO ONE WAS IN AREA AT TIME OF FALL IT HAD BEEN MINED A PPROX 30 MINS PRIOR TO FALL & HAD NOT BEEN SUPPORTED
THE MAN WAS RIDING IN A SCOOP MANTRIP GOING THROUGH A SOFT BOTTOM AREA AND LOW COAL SEAM APPRAENTLY THE SCOOP CAME UP OUT OF THE SOFT AREA SUDDENLY THROWING THE MAN UP INTO THE ROOF HE SUFFER SUFFERED FROM A BROKEN JAW BONE AND CUT TO THE HEAD.
MARK PITTMAN WAS GRADING BOTTOM IN THE TRACK ENTRY TO MAINTAIN 6 FT. OF HEIGHT. WHILE BACKING THE MINER UP, HE USED HIS RIGHT FOOT TO PUSH THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY. HIS RIGHT HEEL SLIPPE D UNDER THE MINER CAB CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS HEEL.