WHILE MAKING WEEKLY INSPECTION OF RETURN AIRWAY DISCOVERED ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION AT SPAD NO. 279.
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Showing all 15INTERSECTION FELL IN #3 ENTRY 40' OUTBY FACE AT SPAD NO. 272.
95359SECTION FELL IN #1 ENTRY APPROX 1000FT OUTBY FACE AT SPAD #100 ADJACENT TO SPAD #99 IN #2 ENTRY
20' FROM NO 1 ENTRY SPAD NO 92 UP NO 2 RIGHT ROOM FALL APPROX 100 FT LONG MINING COMPLETED IN RT ROOMS 2 MO PREVIOUSLY.
BRUISED LEFT KNEE WHEN BUMPED AGAINST BOLT MACHINE.
30' OUTBY FACE OF NO. 3 ENTRY IN INTERSECTION 60' INBY SPAD NO. 535.
PILLAR FALL EXTENDED ACROSS BLEEDER TRAVEL WAY
OPERATING SCOOP AND STOPPED ON HILL TO CHECK LOAD CRAWLED BY SCOOP AN SCOOPED MOVED PINNING H-IS NIGHT FOOT BENEATH SCOOP CAUSING HIM TO TWIST AROUND STRAINING HIS BACK.
STRAINED BACK W2ILE LIFTING ROCK
THE ROOF IN THE AREA WAS SLATE BOLTED WITH 4 FT CONVENTIONAL BOLTS ACCORDING TO ROOF CONTROL PLAN SANDSTONE WAS PRESENT APPROX 1 FT TO 2 FT ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE BOLTS CAUSING THE FALL OCCUR
THE ROOF GAVE WAY AT ON NEAR THE ANCHORAGE OF THE 4\ GLUE BOLTS ALLOWING AND AREA OPPROXIMATELY 15\ X 18\ X4 1/2\ TO 5\ TO FALL. A SMALL BEAM OF COAL WAS PRESENT IN THE AREA ALONG WITH A HILL SEAM IN THE SANDSTONE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE BOLTS.
APPARENTLY THE BOLT ANCHORAGE WAS NEAR WHERE SHALE AND SANDSTONE MET CAUSING THE ROOF TO FALL. 4\ CONVENTIONAL BOLTS WERE USED OCCORDING TO PROFOF CONTROL PLAN NO SANDSTONE ENCOUNTED IN 5\ TES T HOLES BEING DRILLED. HOWEVER THE SANDSTONE WAS CLOSE ABOVE THE 5\ HOLES.
THE ROOF IN T HE FALL AREA WAS SLATE. ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF THE BOLTS WAS SANDSTONE CAUSING THE ROOF TO GIVE WAY.
INTERSECTION FELL IN NO.3 ENTRY 2ND BREAK THROUGH OUTBY FACE. APPARENTLY THE MAJORITY OF BOLTS IN THIS AREA WERE ANCHORED AT APPROX. WHERE SANDSTONE AND THE IMMDIATELY SHALE ROOF MET CAUSING T HE FALL.
ROCK FELL TEARING DOWN PORTAL APRON