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65007-17-92 AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 SUPPLY ENTRY 50' INBY THE PIT MOUTH.IT IS 15' WIDE 40' LONG AND 8' HIGH.THIS IS A 3-WAY INTERSECTION THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY FALLEN AND WA
MINE IDLE FROM FEB 21 TO APRIL 13 A ROOF FALL OCCURRED SOMETIME DURING THIS PERIOD 120FT INBY SUERVEY STATION 1/4 THE FALL IS 14 FT WIDE AND 9 FT HIGH AND 70 FT LONG IT IS LOCATED 750 FT OUTBY THE FACE NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED AND NO EFFECT ONVENTILATION.
I NAME HAD JUST FINISHED EMPTYING THE DUST BOX ON THE BOLTER WHEN HE CLOSED THE LID ON THE DUST BOX H IS HAND STEPPED OFF THE LEVER & JAMMED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE BOX CAUSING THE LAST FINGER ON HIS RT HAND TO BE DISLOCATED
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE FIRST INTERSECTION IN THE NO 1 ENTRY.THE ROOF IN THIS AREA IS SATURATED WITH WATER AND A CLAY VEOIN WAS PRESENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.
ROOF ROCK HAD BEEN EXPOSED & THE AREA AROUND THE ROOF BOLTS HAD BEGAN TO DETERIO0ATE