A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON THE TRACTOR OPERATOR.
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Showing all 524'' ROCK SLABS36'' THICK FELL IN 6 RIGHT FREEWAY.42'' ROOF BOLTS AND CRIB BLOCK WERE INSTALLED.WATER HAD CUT THRU TOP OF HILL SEAM CAUSING ROCK FALL.
35IN OF ROCK F9LL IN A FREEWAY AT 4TH LEFT INTERSECTION FREEWAY HASNT BEEN USED IN 3 MONTHS 30IN ROOF BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED WATER CUT THRU THE TOP OF THE HILL SEAM CAUSING THE ROCK TO FALL
48 IN OF ROCK F9LL IN A FREEWAY. THE FREEWAY HAS NOT BEEN USED IN 3 MONTHS. 30 IN ROOF BOLTS HADD BEEN INSTALLED. WATER CUT THRU THE TOP OF THE HILL SEAM CAUSING THE ROCK TO FALL. ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE38TH LEFT INTERSECTION
THE FOOT PEDAL 2N THE MESCHERT SCOOP TRACTOR STUCK AND CAUSED THE JEEP TO GO OVER THE EMBANKEMENT WHERE THE COAL IS DUMPED. THE DRIVER JUMPED FROM THE TRACTOR WHICH THEN STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK AND KNOCKED HIM3CLEAR. THE DRVER LANDED HARD ON THE GROUND. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED BY MINE PERSONNEL AMBULANCE TRANSFERRED HIM TO HOSPITAL