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FOREMAN I.NAME HAD FAILED TO DUE AS RECOMMENDED BY SUPT. HE FAILED TO CLEAN UP ROADWAY INTO #5 ENTRY AND SET REQUIRED TIMBERS NEEDED IN AREA, AND IT APPEARS HE HAD TAKEN TOO MUCK COAL IN AREA AND CAUSE A DANGER FOR HIMSELF AND HIS MEN, AFTER WHICH HE HIMSELF BECAME A FATALITY ON 4-16-84 BY A ROOF FALL IN #5 ENTRY 1ST RIGHT

A FALL OCCURRED IN #4 FACE AREA OF 2ND RIGHT IN OFF SHIFT HOURS OF A SECTION WHICH WAS NOT BEEN WORK. MINER WERE WORKING TO THE LEFT OF 2ND RIGHT AT THIS TIME.

EMPL WATCHING LOADING POINT FOR BELT #1 IN WHICH HE MUST BREAK SOME ROCK BY USE OF SLEDGE HAMMER MAKING SURE BELT WAS LOADED CORRECTLY.EMPL HURT HIS BACK DUE TO MOVING ROCK AT TAILPIECE WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO DUMP BY SCOOP WHICH WAS MIXED IN COAL BED.

FACE AREA OF #3 ENTRY FIRST NIGHT ABANDONED DUE TO BAD ROOF CONDITIONS.FALL WAS OBSERVED 30\LONG.FALL OCCURRED WHERE FACEMAN HAD DANGERED OFF ENTRY NO EMPL PERMITTED TO WORK IN AREA.NO INJURIE

FACE AREA OF #7 HEADING FALL OCCURRED WHERE AREA WAS DRIVEN 16-18\ WIDE.AREA BOLTED WITH 60\\ PINS AND HAD BEEN DETERMINED BY FOREMAN UNSAFE TO WORK AND HAD BEEN DANGERED OFF-FALL OCCURRED AT NIGHT -NO ONE THERE.FOREMAN AND SUPT CALLED IN STATE OFFICIALS AND NOTIFIED MSHA.