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OFFICE OF STATE INSPECTOR OF COAL BINES ROCK SPRINGS, VJYOMING ctobor ]JD 191);. On ,;;,iopto:::.· i)Zf' JO O l <,:44,., 1;u.z.h l.:cL-cod, ntute co.al. 1:iinc inspect-or O .:JJl ' .i- -:,;, d ~uttc. :, cic,. utr cco.l. .::Iino incpc~t , ..;u o on invcs •igo;i:,io,, .in1.to ·t.K. Qeciiilo 1t ilwolvinG ~m<y ili..,ichb:1um., o 6c. 5li, r:~x-ricu.l) 1.Jw t·.n.s o ·riou.sl• i!1jur about 10:00 't o i.lo .. O~A ~opto::UX:r 2a., 19~ u.nd _clic- 1 .in tho ··YO.:J.l..!1.C C:'?nm~~1 tloopitul at 5: 15 r . 1.1.• .,, Scpto -~ r 29 :,--1.'-Jkl+o 'i.'1:10 c.ceiclc:mi occu.1\.:,:;d in tho 1~0. ll :.lino, r: Plnno on :C Di1: Slo: . . c:t 6 -,ort1 ~11-t"";Ji) _:;O';:) cy of tho Union P. •ei.fic Co::1.l Co.:.i.'...3. y o icni--.1 I~ic l.bnun, o.eting as mu.t for-c:.::l2.l1, ,:c. . . t wc -~·:d.H ,':)lo )0 -:....'i., 6 . ;01.. th l;intr:/, t'1hcrc rr.1 wc1,,.'"' build.in,; a ccncroto Cl"ib. :.:rf! ~-1hitldc .:; ro;:ic rit.c:.T,:i r~as pulling tho trip., r;hich cc;..-1si::rktl of 0>:3 lo ..licu r..•d. ono c_. pty cnr .P fron the slope. Ho :m.s w;ing the 6 Dorth L -i z to otorc the l o~ds o :o dropped t!'K:l trip on tho lo:idctl r· cL:.o, th-..n . n11cti t!1::; pin thwt cou; le ' the loaded CLI' and opty cul" toc;o r:.or~ this lo::.nrinc ~he cr.1pty c::u- couplr~d to tho hoiDtinG rope . ;:.'.lr. ~.l!rl.tl.d.o _c,.vc tho sig,n,:u. and t.'fic hoist ~ start d to pull th trip, ti o ro ' bccu.10 CO.U.£:h'c. t:-r tun5 1.mctc.r t ~ b~ or the GWlrd rail on the hirrti side or th~ c;i1pty c.:i.r t?c:.Cllo '!•n is thrc:r;; the roar end of the cur oii U:c tracl-.:, cm.i.s.ms it to sti~ikc a. tic:bct>, d i a l ~ it. r-·ro:i nil evidence t -c ti nl•c::i.~ ~truck ......i... l'u•ichbo.Ui."J, tuockine hio to the floOl--. 'Ihis l:lct7 ~C!:ultcd in his <l Ca· -ho 'l'his De~rtnc.nt. 1-ccm:::::cnd... tLu-l:, ill JU:1'TC r.:d.ls, .f'ro~s 1 ~1 lctc 1co be properly bloc': u. n "\iho ends ci tho ho,--n of al.l fro.._.::; rutcl t,'lli:ll'd rn.ils tho boll of th ruil ~hcul.d bl? b nt ~orm to Li.i;ut tho baso of the i·ail.. J"-. pi£co of r.Dtill. should b\;; i-;oldc 1n CKi protl:cV V'- fJ:W.C of the lmucld oo of the guard mi.le, ,·,hore ropoo lH'O b1.dr}E uscu. 'ihis \~uld ..•w-ent t 1c ropes i'rou boir).i3 cauj t in cooe tilu lil.ockG b~co:.:m dislodged. (S~.) rluali~ llugli !<Lood ~tatc Coal ~ Inspector (SJ<l.) ...,d ~tton :.;dmird. ~ut ton Deputy cal ll.ino InspGcto~ �,...:.,:. ~ V i11 ;,;:<> Jiu (fq. -,. t,._. ~ -..._-:.._...--- t .''" " , \,h..,; ., .... "v";} ,, f.,',.;' : f a.11othor ,,,,.. • 1, ' �-i L ~) !: . ,. -''?- -. -~JJ !t.d 1 -- ·- ,"v·.:. (:~ \o. . ... Tl.• l': -.• • .r ~, • i ii ,., . J/:HO ~\It ~ -' [1n ~ ·- fier �• •GUARD RA-ILS /{) ,, Cut this portion from web and base '\(\~ . ,, j_ . -< . _ .. - - --• __ .,., ~ - - _I__ , -___ •.3 . L _ -.11..:::~::...::-:_~·- - - - - - - . : : _ _ _ - - - : - - - - ~ ~ r ---:s ' ..... ~ ..... , ., -;,,•, .,,- \ I ' i I - -- _, II -=·==--=-: ======.:__-------=--~__:._-__..;-- ;' ·. . . '(\ \'{\\S ·y • • : •nos\\\O • I I I •r-=.-;..=- .. 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L t . ., a.cc:! 0 �Le L 0 l o ..,, ..... v'"-'..: 0 :- .... �7 .S .t _,.C"! 0 Stans-b ury Mine Off ice September 18, 1944 > C �J" ·~;1~10£r1 OPE; co.~o_=.,.! -~-ID F(L "·:;~v.s:::Jm'~ ~ Oi.il~X • . .o • !._. or :;s ro ··11,1::m P ~ ~ ... C • • 8 i·!DJ.:>DRY s SIT'P!DS...::I. 10,::. :'IT .t} 1j -~ tl~J' ':'Ji ~-.?l r, )~ ~ 0. D t o 1 Q D[.5 -~ []. 2-~ ;f-· t:.j~t- ·~ '-' ·,, rt. ,;e ~ _ .1. p ~.j{J • C " O:)iGg ' 0 Qt ,,.,., !!:a:;Ir ~::... C '' D ,, ~ ;: ,_, ,L ~ ._.'1 C.}o 'l Q,o.:. ~ Qi e o:::-t._'1- ..d,, �'. 0 •Y? - ~vi....~ 0 l • -· n �r~ c.~p'· i ., '''-1:.""', o? ... ~ b; 1[) , , _3 ·-~~a,. 0 C L.:.. o �" ..1 -·' ~ 0 . -~• iL fl; Li 1.-o, IJ .. C �. n . '> ? . C �·a ," c,, Jo /J ~ G C , ~ ,, " .. .J : 0 . <..,.!i, ~o l: :: 2 C �(' ------ ....., / �) J ) ) 2. �I / t\ Rock Springs - September 11, 1944 t:T o Vo OoDll'l"UJ ~-;;.~h,. llr o H.. 11.o lfoi l ~ ~ Sue gest you hold investigation, fatal injury to William Puulcnko , t o.. 8 l:!\ine, Rock Springs., O rigin .ii Si une d I. N. BAYLESS �C ti}''l~in..\~P - ,11U:::,1.t.0t r.L> ti 191.tlJ (~u - Ll•o ~ .. Bo J>ryt:;O ... 2!ii"'o Vo Oo t:m:ru.v ''il... o !J o G o • 'SI l.nr~c ton r1z-o o G o Gh{!.1:.t'C!' ~T:r o rihoo Ovoey~ Sr> u) Q lcvak i ende&Yorin llowner., WI to 35 ~i ar ffp i t ju t . id·, vnough () h t l4 I ban could be us~d. o the preawr•, the hi,..h rib break• ou.t and th placo Vii.d wt. twc er three feet more. Thve -.ere five 14' croaabera in the face at thil pl&••• The center of th• taae •u conaiderably ahead ~r the t · o l'illa, &pd t.tien waa •-- coal on th• low aid•• Th• ..n ■bot, a. plu, in tl e t.op • llot.b r ibla with tae 1dN. of put.Ung up another bar right at. tha !ace., �... 2 ot it. ~,-i·l ,, • •,i ~ •. f' • ' ,- • ··: =- •• ✓ ~ ��r ' __... 0 ' ~ o ,: ~o ·.; ...~...;;J 0 0 ~"'(:1=-3r ~ ,. : ... ., J ' "..o-..:. ..;..~ .,.' ·) ~ 4 : . ' l e, ;_,. L ..... _{ • ....,,._...,;. ... - - - :.!~:/ ;"" . , . .. •' • .;""!c d L ;; J.J. :d·'~-~~: �COPY O~'ICE: 01" S'i'Nll.i 1 ~.J.j f .0CT H. Oli' C0AL b1J fil: ROCl{ ~PH.Ir:Gs ' \ YOMILG f:'NlAL J\CCIO.Etfi.1 .IN'iJ-OLVIlSG HILLIALT PAULENI 0 On August Zl:, 1944, \JillicE Paulenko » G1.go 49~ norricd, l on~ . , r:r- o instantly killed at 8:J0 A. d., end Joubert -4:J.r.,cm m~o c~riously inj urcd3 a:li a place \'ohich was being cirivcn fol' u swri? bolcr.-i 32 Horth ~n·1;,:ry. 'i:ho accident occurred in the i:~k Spri n.3s Lo . C Co1l 115.n-, Di"o~rty 0£ tho Union Pacific Conl. Coopeny. . William Paulenko, Edxmrd. iJovnk, • md Jou~1i:. wson u0ro cnploycd in th:ki place, they hnd just fired tr, A ots oqu::ir·in -the pl0.cc up in prepeJ;"ation for setting a crossbar. Tho t ·rn., ohots th.at r.... re fired Ehot our, tho croscba.r close to the f n.co. All three ·t;srG in tho ~ct of roootting this bar r4len the roof collapsed witbou.t ruw . arnine, ldllin~ Paulonko; seriousl.3 injuring Larson and slightly :iJ1jm"'ing movclc. \'men the roof coll psed, it broke three crosGbar~ 't' lich \·;•ore set a.bout four feet apart. The crossbars uood in this p].uce \, re fou.rtccn foot 1ong nnd eight inohoo in diameter. This Department feel.a that if tho crossbars had boen co11ter propped Ql'ld. safety props at tho .orldng face betr;cm the lo.st crossbar and tho coal !ace 1 this accident could probably lnve been prevented. ( Sgd. } Bdt ard Sutton Edward Sutton Dep11ty Coal lane Inspector (Sgcl. ) Hugh llcLood Hugh 1fcleod State Coal Uinc Inapc ctor �•• • ',: , ,·.. •~-..- 'ir'o o -~J i) (·, ... ~. :11 -r "'!_. · ' " ... .... :-· n ~ 1.4-,, o ~ 1t1.tr;;_~ i, u " i : d I \ /~.lo. . " 0 j,:t;l[t 0 ~ G. J '. _' -~ tc-' o ~ d.•·- • r1'/ f.: ... . , CJ • dulccl o,r -' nina\ Si'.]Oe<l: L"(, A'iLE- S �- • �/ Qo pl ~eo nx~i e? ba.L:. G ~ ~ c £ eo? h UJ tiQ 0 ni lPG Q ..,,.o d o:? ? /i n little t: =l'.timg? ti kin V i clUS vji'a, i o -u,..,J?~SJ v tho ? 0 f ,ig,s ·.. O!. ! 8. illO l C ,;o::· ::w.. !)o th0 fnco? li 0 0 Mtor t o .-t j U3t outo o o 0 ek t dian 9 t fall Did th bar at The addle jack, he: Q. Didn°t th9J' h :v ro to et the l ego? Ic, I don•t think t ey did o I thi t hel' had n l 0 id0 0 it? 2.o coal r1o G· �• �" •.,,r. . . ) �" l C, A ,, Q- -) - �"'- i I I _') ... • ~ _, 4 e ? A" 0 a c?. ... Rock Springs lline Office September 15, 1944 �,.. . \_ry~·~J :,:;_. t;' ' { ~:'..,, -, :J _,_ Do ,.· ' ~-! l i~~';.C o c1 r,.J • �") " ��.f . ----~-------- ---------- ./ • .\ �"· ��} �I • �r l _, , \, " ~ ~' , i ,, ' " :r �I' .• ' -. 0 �p ��,., - 'i : ......, <"'.:c-- "' ~ ·· ~,~ �:.'"'<::t~,':l~~ .,, t• :i~~•... ., ~ --.•.:t) l r 1;-'4 , .... ~ ..... ~ . . . , .. • ,,, ~ .._. ~/ t ~ (i "".lr • ~-¾.,..., ;--\ \.•_:.oJ' ', -t'""'"° -J t--J-• ~ :..re:::. \·C:2 t:~ .. - •• . \: -! t ~ ~ - ~·.:. ':w" I -. ( • v ' c....,;:-..:J,~] ' i, ~ tJ. ~ t:·_; .•1:; ;;-~~(_i; �• • iA . . . ....i ot Oti.,in3l Si;;:ed: f. J. PETERNF.11 �0 @ @ @ @ !l @ 0 @ �--: _:,- .. ·, ~t - ..,_ .....,.~· !--: lo;:', ...... . >,.) ') ~ .~ : .~-'I-:>, , ,_ '!i-~ t • " '-->. .... il', ~ ·' ,1,, .,. if..,, - ,~ 1r .-. , • ' \.. ,.__-.:; ____ ...... J .... . .,.,,; ~ . ,... ,; -.~·"'l • i' -r ... :• - • : ~-= ·~~~ -- , ;,,,"),,-. J('f �·;,.~ . ~ ~.\8. T. ,·.;":-?: "., ·r.. . ·•' ...·. . .. , .· • ~ . ..... . . • • , "1 :' . ::~ ~.r :.,. .-_... :- BATTER OF 'iHE DE/d'H HICII: ZAKOVICH mo J\S INJURED AT 'Him'Oil, WYOlllE ON JULY 15., 19¼-0i • u.ly- • ~0F'Gtl on.a Dro Karl Emil Knrogc~ o.p~m .•o -n aceoroing to l.E.u~ testified a1;, foll . t ~ .. Opies - At as. tr.itn so, aftGis- b@:lng liindl.Jr st&te your fUll. nacoo Kairl E.mil Rruegero Q: You reaid at Rock Sp ingc, doctor? A: Yes., airo You ere called on July 15 to atte one r.Iiek Zakovich mo had been injured in IJoo l Iti.ne at Jinton A~ I donOt remsmb r the do.t.G, bu I uas called about o~ o Oclo~lto Q: Qt Will l"()u tell the jury .hio conditi. n nnd -rnm.t hio injurie appear~tl .A: He tra.e in se ere ho ko . cf t a upzrfi.cial. examinintion vealed tbo.t bis r ight chest nl.ong the back 't7aa eru hedo You could feel to bo? th ribs move and he as omiting blo o H. put. right to b d and given trea nt for sboek at one o B n r did complete~ come out of ahock and never atopped bleedingo The right- sid ot hi• ch at sever 11' cru hed. and he had a liv: r inJU17o 'e r unable to g t a post mortem ao l: couldn:; t confirm the diagnoaia. ot the liver injueyo It ae to lead to t.he fact that there was a liver inJU!'Yo Bis death waa 4lu.e to the cruahing blow he :eceived on the right. side of hi a cheat 1n the region ot the linro • QJ At From the back? From the backo Qt Are there &111' queations the j U17 would like to aak Dro ll'tleger? .ls IJoneo !hat. will be all., doctor1 thank :,OUo b r eupon John Bub., appeared aa wit.nus~ aft.er being d~ norn according to the law.o t.utitied u followaa Jlro Opiet .l& 11ndq atate 70UZ" full W John Bubr0 o �·- 2 ~ .n a de you ll . t tJin~no fl a uh ~u employed? ho Union Paeitio. Coa_l Coo Q:i • ~ you recall on July' 15,. 1944 of in No~ l Mine~ l2 South En~ !1.. Yeo, oiro A2 Q ltR Xou u re • orking in that part of· 1,h . o z .kovieh re youf i 0 f tal accident nbich cceun--c mi.mi!) 1.2. South Entry cl.th Q:, 'fell th j 'U.17 what they nsre doing and hcra it. occurred as t10ll a.., you know.; • At Right after dinner about ten minu ..after tuelw ~ ~"Gld up the l eft hand sid I iey- pai-tner and I o Qt· • Ar lho? ~erkovich., and Nick cam • after US.o • Ai Qt What -.re you doing before thi We were pulling Pl'OIJSo Qi •At Wu Ni ck working with you on pulling P?'OP8? Jo.~ h was with the other guy"S o • Qt Ai You didn vt ••• him? No,.. I didn Vt see him c Qi Al What was he doing then? He waa tr.,ing to g t the chain out~ Qi· A1: aa the prop buried? '!he chain wae halt bnri•dt or more tblin thato happgn ? o Vd4ocl, Wu th•- ahakS ng -conveyor world.ng,9 JohnT • 11 llog it waan °t J"'Jnn:b,go ll1b,-ar ~ Yoe, it, had- j u t started rwming-o JlcLeoch 1faa the place 110rldlg'f -A• l C?U mean the top? 8 'tao .At · I\ ~ kind ot mcm.ng· all dqo · Ji:L10il1 . In cl1dn°t ... liek Zako'richT At l didn~t • • him coae 1n at. the t.iM that th.1- hapJ>«OtMl, • •( �. -ye· n p~p p-u.l.lorf? COa oi:i?o ·u.Gw ~ c.rnw . . C!vn° . 0 ''::Ju ota-'6 that mom.mg pulling tifilb3r firot thmg? 'Xe· D ' • dido _ -:>hon oo!Ji.j Ir @- f l l en th~ cb-Uin b foro? O¼O ~ thilll ens~ yoo~ Din o & LiWlg= oto i At Living= atont Alt .,Lero ms the prop pru..le:- ehi.dn ppe-i!? Ii ii'~ the center of tho g,co:u and Bt.~.?.ight upo an you- toll oo motile~ you pull timber out of ei -her o the pillar pockets mic this happsnad? the other side of timber pil.J.an;c out of the left hand po !ret :le that .r ight? 'fhat 0 s righto Living;& st.ong- Bad :ou pulled any in the· a>oom. area propSli"? At We pulled some theN b$fore 9 <'.lfter ne got th@ chain caught didn °t pull any co O llcLsods l(v imp~seion i • that he chain uao caught in thQ :ro02 prcperr- etraight 'Wo As Ye D air$/ straight Upo ·Opieg Arv questions th0 j ur-y oould ilk At Hone,. .·. to a.alt? ?hereupon Paul -Bib~ ppaared ae witness» after· b0ing duly o according to law;·· testified s follo :s & Op1e1 -· Al r.n Kindly a~t.e your full name,, Paul Bibraro Qs Where do you reside? Ai Bock Spring•o . Qi You are. emplo7Gd by- '?he Union Pacific Coal Com~ Yea., S ll'o Al at Winton? Qa lfve :,ouworldng in the mine t he mor ning t hat this fatal. a.ecident. occurl'8Cff Al Yea, adro �•. :~·.: : Q.g:._;}tf.ll.!.·...thc ··juey ju l?t-·what -1ou· .lmOt'l of .-this:. accidento· ._., At ·-~,_]ve:· l.ooded ·a bali' o. :eell" .:of· coal.:afteir:·dL"lne:ito He:.said :ha.: ao :. • •. •..... :: . goi21g:::to· tr.v- t-0 get th.0. cbai.1io- . • _ :.. -.- ::. Qe ~:ad. -yo.u -be-an, i'.Oridng .with him.. previouo to this ~ ? A.i . • ~ G wa.a 11.1 th us all ·mo:rning 0 •. Q: •. vre1 •. ,you .the trhen this rock -~ e.iro in an~ 118 • os 9 ·s~9 I mis dovm·.belo t o : • t:af.1 lilicit there'? A-~ • .s'3 might have been dom bGl.ow getting PI?OJ'S O ,_Qg . !fo . said he w.a.s going -~ get· tha chain? A: • lie i:78.S going to try too . Qg . Was _~ going to cut itl J\t ·I gu.Gss 0 he had a. hack GZ-"iro Q: Hcm much or the cha.in lJaB ·buried? .· A& · I don°t remember, probab~ hall" of ito Q: Ai Pid he sound t he roof before he uent up there? I waan 9't . mt ching himB I ua :loading COU0 Q: ·You didn~t actually see t.t-ie .roof o.:..~ in -0:n bim? Aa I ~ it come ino Qt . Was he..do~ Ai nhen you at1 hi.Inf Year, · · Qz • Did yo'1 ·ta.J.k to him at. all? . A• After· he •. got hurt? Qi: Ye& o .lt. He t alked a little» ye& o Qs Did ho sq anything about it? .Al ·Jlo, he just told us· tthore it. hurt. himD t hat. 0.e allo At JleLeocb At Arrr que.atio;ms You claim the aha.king conveyor had been running all morning? Ho. we .mowd back in the m>J'Jling jut be~ore d1nlm- Nrore •• -started ahak1ng againo llcIAoda Could ;you hear the place work? Ai Ho, ot c ourse,. up above a little rock dropped we weN puJJ1J18 pr.o~ _,· JlcIAodt ·Bow cloatt 119re ~u to the breaking point J.oa.d1J,g ceal? At '. Abou\ ~ 9 » I would sqo 1W eed.a .You aq M wu 111th 7°'1 f ellows all morning! Al Iea., Biro �]re]L..z~.tt.L , • ao· h0_ :.~tl.nt! c of ·.,th / p!'Op -p tdlen too? . . .:," _: -a. • . r. ':cru :uith us the bigg t,. -~ of the ~ -~·.. Ph.n ·.:tho cb~ : • • t 'npp@d ue nt up t o tr,:·-,~•-g . t. it outo ·.'CTOO mill Y'Oll -' o.11 !ilQlffling ~a.ctica~r llc~ i_:::.. u~ ieoD . ·Opi Q A .o · .- _· fl2o iooro DJJY other qua tions? Dn o 0 he.x-oupon John Kromptich p~ared as witness~ aft.Qi' being du.zy cr•ol"'ding o l an testif~d as foUomn .;Opi :: • A:: Qi At Kindly. otate your. tuU John Krompticho 0 • t.Jh re do you live~ Hintono At Are you employed by th Union Paci.fie? 'Ieao Qt Noo l Mine? A& l ea> S~ o Q& :. : Do J'OU recall a f tal accld • liick Zakovlch oa life? At Yea.., airo Qt t. hich occurrod JuJ,y 15 nhi.ch took QI Will you tell t he j UI)" what 70u kncm oS? i~? Aa· •Be told me he waa going up to. get t.h chain and I tol d him don 11 t go 11.0·• dangft'OlUlo He told he didnll ~ bellew he would go 9 but at the same times>- h dido ... - Qt Did he have a aa? . . Aa 'Ieaic ai :r, he t.ri ed to at.retch the chain and at t.he aame t.1me it caae dOWlloJ Qs You an 1~. happen? Al ? e9_, • ~ o . .• • ., . ·, Qa J.nd t.benT . : • ' As . Ile atarted to run ou\• the prop was behind. bi.mo !he rock knocked \he prop ou\ and hit him in tho backo I j umped on r -thereo .,. _._._·Q, At Wu the root working 1n there? lo, dro . A• I t waa ten o 0el ock when w caught. the chain, t hen a■ ,oon u he c ... 1n the rook tel.lo . QI • Ai la thue ~ elaeT . I coald • • he couldn.it, take t he chain outp I would j ut l et it. goJ I �ct ·.. ,, C . tj ~d Biek ~ Otey' o t 0 ci • oz ·there? aid ho- woul~~ t but at the ··aemo tim ho. neat. ino at.icking out? . Eliet~ b P lpinci you that morning"? .-. • Di r> Opi .. helpo t'. tri...d to .b ~k tho ~ ~2ee I . aid to let it. otqo 0 u () cm props had ·you taken out.? . X do· ~ Imou,· ma.,,M·· bout do -on~ but it.":'ea: ..:.d. and tm e.!l.ugkit ~o ~aino Opi l •Di that pl ce C Ai X d.onVt 1mowo in t? lk:Ireoc:b 'Tb ebaking coDYeyor running at th ti.m... monlJ t it.? At ot ch, we re moving b o llcLeodt ·Could ,-cu hear .lt Yea,. siro • KcLeoch It. waa far enough 41 YN, airo you. bout t chain? . ll cut it and I sai~ it rae do.ngerowJo KcLeodt Rick went up to s 11 !hat9 a· a l l.I) h w KeLeodt At When °you pul the t.ic.b:i , do J'OU bow to pull th ti r g Ro9 airo Li'Ylngaton - Do J'OU ncaU t the foreman go in and tell ~? 0 ~~~ b C WU t.h prop pullfll"& .chain t.rappedt- 11 UC>Uti tiw OJi ten fe Li'Yinpton - · aro At X••• Li: ato!l ·- • ort_g1_..... at prop wl,f~l'!Jllt face ia wb your eha1n a first fall of :rock OQCur'l"e(tY {) . , tar back of •- At Be aa troa the p Li...tnpton - · 0 ti.cm wu i1 ~ aix or ae"nm -1x QI" ~.....,r"'I""\ teet o.n~wi ot .. ~ :t. . &1 Y..,. .air-~ be_ __ _ , / rock -:- �Za!rovl@h ~ ha.- tr> o unit;. ·t o ~ in !a South tlhoco t he a.c&icla Zru(ovi.i:h cam~ to h.in (ioath by an accicl'.:mtcl. tall.. At.test.g - . • Signed Johll Brown . Cbairnian ----~- --~-- ---------- ----- --------------= = !BE STATE OF WYomNj comrrr of SWE.E'lWA'mR · SSo .• 1 1 Georgia Puloft~ Coron~ 0 St0!.iog_apher~ s~rear and affi2m thai the above and foregoing ia t1 .true c.nd corl'~ct t:rcnseript. ot · notes t.a.kan by 1118 July 23# 19440 (Signed) Georgia Puloo Sworn to a..-.id ub 2ri't-d in 11lV' p aenc this 24th dq ot Jul.y 194.l+o Notu:, Publie My Con!nluaion expins �'< ... l ~ - } .o., '>O ....... •t- , . .. . . .! ~ .... f>. ,. " Or igi nal Sii;ned t . BA LESS �F ~ r. [-:L ACClIDTJil 70 ~ XCIT Z!lliOV1CH 9 irnir.) . fORfil:¼I P 12 SOUTH - Oo l l'.mIBv t P 02'.iATBi:X l2 g05 Potio.!l ' !.rY l5v 1~" c, FROM r.) ~;HICE ItJJURIES HE DIED ON JULY 17, 1944 • . r.-- S3 p ~ m 4 v (kLZ _aJ. SupecintGru'lent0 " C!l S :il.ng8.o i:~~ -~ ~ so?0 •• Sp~iugs D • r;yc::Mg &.....l~!J "'J illwo J:..lin-3 SmpcF-1.sl entloni 0 'tim - D Hy. :31ng ':J 'il"' Ei0 tline FolfC";,gni;; H@ o 1. clino 0 Jim.~ D 0 -.-1 g L1 .,___ tieti 0 r.,iobe ~Wti IToo 1 tiilaoll TI:in'i'.o. 1} '\;y~a:wg I. "byD 'smbeJ? f"w.lm->o ~;f) 0 1 t:lin D' Wmto~,'.} r;y.;:>;:}.ii,ni R .1. nr-.? t'Ioohln:;i ~ i > Eo-0 1 w.noD- 7im.,.,n.., ."Jya,....,i• g De~~ .-v"~ Stsio C:>el rE.ne X~:E,pec -~ D lfil.ct! S_p ""Wgwv v c.:iillg = \ 1 ~ go =~. SQJ(d ' 0 os~ie.!l.i.11!g :l J0:?ing 0 '.,) t i"O ~ ~ g l.fil\ s 'Yu \;:ll.Eii y 15i, ...91~\p ah ·t l;::g05 P,oGo ,,;i • Z.:iliovicL O U et '0 t> .:' ~ C_u <5 ~G? ~t D D GGl?:'1!.0':!l8 ed i-0 tis fatti!.e, is ioo.t 't ""l'.!e?, A., Yef:l o Qo fJ° UC O in yo t io@k pl.nee? exn n OS to t oll ITi !! rov > ea.n::e in th ft - prop and h Qo u,_,;.,~ End t4' I-Jiek heo. '"'CLC b Ao to r,m, and th! uhnt. m •p~ Then t he .> pa,p hit ~ Qo 'll de ~ o tw hioe, ~· ~ Ze o o.i ~ h0 s: - s time his fell of f ov ::ent prew..,::,~o llli o tGth Yes., sir ~o c, 8Xld the ck f ell? Had yo er i n m_<'- Nie' as to t e eonditio of the plac:o. before he o c . . , e eh:tln th t e ho.ck sau? ·as a dsngeroua plac O I SCG Ao X: • siro I told him r, U) go ino I hia get ~ F ..: Qo A., Qo A.:, Qo HGw long haT JOU b pnl Jing t imb 1· Nin: .years o All ot that Yes• Bir o iL. in Hinton r. o l. lli.ne? During the t inle that yo hav b , pulling props~ has it b cust oc;:iey' f or arq Unit Fo...-.....-... or Uine Fo~:ia.n to direct 10u in your uo , or, in other words- t el l you how to pull tirtoer? �0 t;ero goilng i o . . Y<.!,w? Bl1 ·"-ho 0 s.ok @ ~·11 - Clo Ye:: . __o Ao H - r~ eo :;.V CJF)"i' ~ ,- u;i cd io Nie~? ito hen the shalte?o YO;'.Ji eoul.d titE heg;r o· heir t:~l2©o a8 l'JO COCG.:lii'.£~ S Q;/p " ho .~C:.....'2- i of tclldugon Qo Ye..:. co, ~ s3 it :1f i i nd rr.~ ~ ~ t /J.o Yooo X w.d b~ it. if' it ua D tlCd c, t iime duriRlg the apz:~? @~elochp. or \!!.!!l Q9 Is i~ t - e th t you. ~e P. dc pt,asible toge it c-~t? ~ a. '"' Ao Cannot do nothi.ng t:"·6!::l it:;, le":, Q" Do you have any ne~,rt·· s~ 0 ::-:J. t } ehctlE b 2 ...c.::.s o "t n-2.s iC= f/·cyo llirl.11? Er~ WU eati !lingo J ck Kmpotich aill.:fllJo.r lug o Qo J aekg lad 'l.'ti:l tlino Po -=c:n v ..~si bad ~ b lllo Ao ro, h Qo Had Nick be Ao. Yes., SU"o 1n t. eo- :ln":t yo· b~Zo e thB l"C to J chain co ered · • fell? o Q0 Had h visit " yo before .r- hat? . Ao He- had not b in the place befo ·o tba: o li!>o L1vingaton cy.&eo1..i.oningo Qo Do JOU haYe any questions, lire UcLeod? Ao o~ Mro Knill COY~d i t o M'ro rlilkes questioningo Jack Krmpoti ch Arumrring,., Did tJiq ge\ you SDDther chain t here? Ao Yes_. ail-o Q0 • �tm o ...,... ....,.:_.,...,t_ch at - o t ic.0 iha.t '"ho ch~v0 doe= ZMYvi© i s thn IZ':O, i;~i;i '? ,"'Grl <:: ~'-"' "'"~.~_g {1: a:t :; @:Jn i ha'i. oi§!!!t fl 0 ~dd t a r:q o li:s:]j-:,t ie ,. oG dosax-ip ..,io, ~ tcniElg? - - •o L.,. \) 0t st p evio~s el!@v-leh? 0 o ""-~~,.,"".:, i o • he oac::i pla.., G - t o pi..lll t h~ t aft0~ thaio ~o Qo ~ J, NGo ye _ . dey op ooy -C.ic'.J 2~e t G tiobo·? h~ e any questic . Dro LC c.:it..? ll 31 t1 h ve u e _:.,.~~,~il..l'. ~ o •··r. lu c) ., !-,ivings~n:: ! i •• - t ha is all llr'o Livingston Paw. Hribar An tlro· Hriba.r~yo r • ~id.ant. occurred to flic ·i.8 •tbe.~ correct.? Ao Yesp- siro Qo in the • ?:~ place at he tima tho 15 app•=~~toly 12:05 }Pl oOo:, re.call ..-bethGr or not the ahak rw a.ccid t OI.CWI od.1;> Ao It was rwming,, :J8So Q0 Do ''IO ,-urn,ing at the time the Q0 Could yo hear the rock break and then start. to knock the t:ill.ber o\ff,>? Ao I heard the rock tall when it fell a Q0 Diel J0ll assist in remrlng Kro ZakoYich fro .lo Yes• siro Qo Yoa ban had first aid tra1ning? Ao Yesp Sll"o the scene of the accident'/ �", ~ :Y'01 e h0r? pl?e e~ tii.""lg 8 0 n "cl thai oiP.)i" be • r o.. •. iD H"'" SOo ,h0 □ir-m.ag -w'ea>e ye,u mrking HJ? ·1 ~ :lo o.~? in the p ~ le t~_o oft=h81:!tl o:l Oo 'i'hc !"> uer,3 a··-.,o of 1rosc . ec3l looclcd and 1ct1 bzcl!:o u_pose it tms bef@ll:'G you. m:re ou t . t her-B =...,~k r;e Qo ' XJieh t, s TTO l?l~ ~o o':' his ru. sn n or~ ~ ,'.J TT•~ l?3 ey hnd •::,wa oi s~ rap y ~ nbGilt G!"-Z- E'.)o '(.,© 1 '· k>.>01" llo im ·1;his GJ;'__,- 'i , r ~ baGuo Yes ho ras he1ping ~~ S~ he uoru.d be femilic Dit UOl"Itingo Did ~u not i c e Ao I ·didn 9t ey ·an,y at entiG the aree, t · hl..t1g o i t!J "· e t.io>G1!."' puller-s U9l"G n irt t ho plae;c It t:uS s 0 fieiently ·r;oll piri Geted hl:Spt> S o Qo o Qi> It was Jell iobe ? Yeso 17as ~ of the breaker · r:ou in piace1 biggest part. of i A cy clgh ha e had it ollo 4o . Th O ~ timber pull~ \Jefore th p3ll lin out of that Did the prop puller hep ve bac? • Ao I believe thq . digging und r t,he prop but were not. pulllngo Q0 W s th llro McLeod a.? • ODiDgo Paul. Hribar ans,se.ri.ng. Qo Did·tbe Unit Foreman go with you in the morning? Ao Yest SU"o Q0 And aft.er JOU started • ving back he st.Qed. with you all the time~ Ao The o~ tiu he left us was 'ffllen he nut out to get that chain that was caaght.o Jack,_. John,_ and Nick tried to break it and couldn'to Thq caae right backo Qo He stqed with ,ou fellows palJ ing t:iJllber? Ao tlel.l.1 jut that once that. I er of o ' �in ,Ji.,im'~"'"' !~o ~ fu_o ':'<'I.Us tJ· )~ C.!E. - f 'the i'otal itlj- "7f <J'.@ • ' ~k Z:tl";J v is;h J 1y 50 l't!J.>D os> :appr-v~icl.,y the ·:1h~ut o o- 51.s tho;t t1?'G ' :i?0 -'the rl-'.i. T:J P~rc-r- Ao Qo tell U.'.J imat yo;i ~ f ·, " occident? o~ tho f'wJ. lw"1g'~/1 -o f tho ro :2 2..t'!d m:-.;; e€1.'.!ling bae~ m: h n double pillal?o 'i'hey had pull<a:l b:>th sidss.,,, I mo in th8!"0 ab t S QoJ.o ~ ·t : o.t L.- ~ g o.nd they t10r0 tn'ld l ll'3l; t s Otii el a ving out~ ~hat :io ON(;) in ~ pil.lnr p:iiGkei o 41 ~ t i c h and Ruby uere ge ~ing resd'iy ~ pull "ps e.ntl t1ere di.gg!E g ao otrl:.o I st.eyed thera o .... n half :IX> mw1 X laft.o • I uoo la\1".e co~g back up fro dim1 :> at' it _s prct.t cl.,-,se t l2 @Oel,c:,;: ~ when I c backo Paul C8C::l u"' of the ealn~~ss and t~ld ,;) tha:'G Nick s covered up with ~ c ixlsicle d I tr;: ino :lb.c I got in.:, th 7 had him OD th stretchel" t ~ 0 tho caJ.nbe SOo s suffering Vf3%7 s ere shock., anci ·e t.i - bin op for bro riba~ and got him outside as quick as . possibl.oo .Jill; :i Ao rJ 11; -t· .~ o ro ...'J had bes.n. ~ve Q0 How long had t!ro Zakori.eh be Eart.r,v? • It had b there bout year1 . tha~ u · ~ e I haTe b A0 in 12 •South • in Noo l o· Th jor portion of ia s spellt in supem.sing that on part.i cular place? Ao Yea., be was in that one ent ey all t he timeo Qo i7ould ~u q he s vmll qclified t o determine the condition of the root int.hat area? Ao I would sq one ot the best o Q0 Q0 He as o ~ ... close and car f'ul workman? Ao Yes o Bro Knill Ql1 tioni!:..go :Robert . il.GOn Answeringo QQ How lo: . ,10 It hasn 1 after this accident s it be.fore the place caved? t caved ~ f it is still standing ju.at the s o �:.0 ..... ~ .:,, :.:: ,.. 1,.., Q J ,, t �0 S • !)Z:OGC~~e--1 UX' d- '30 �.,...._ ' ) t �1..)ri;? in11 l S igned; R.R. H.ul ��~,r-.,; ( .,.-~ l£ill L~cl Q i}l I.iv rn~ ~"i,elo l : t1t.... • lJo l"j;;')\ 'u L,ro Soi- i, •_., H '"Jtno !-!.r•• ,L!. ~i ~ ·-' lt).l?J t.}r. l·J::1, .d.lkco L:;:+1,1 v fa;•., Gcoq ,~• .;..,;, ·; i iLt"... Eoc.~o l.:u:.~1~coo t·:r. "fJ o l) a ~~~ lt. ~. L:.:;.~ Q l >0 . L "J} . .: 1-. ... .~ • S h~l~~'Ot:• lt111 L..-o l~i - ~-,_..:. ~ -~;1 .d u)l ;__~.i.~o • ) '- -__ i \ �•! ~A~, 01? VJX'Ol:!l.UJG) • J. WARDEN OPIE e COB..O)JER IN AND FOR SAID COUNTY. OF 8tJEE-£WA'i:ER) IN THE MA.TTER OF THE DEATH OF AUGUST t1AGNER WHO rJAS IlJJO'RED AND DIED ON JUNE l , l %,I¢.. NO., 8 rmm., ROCK SPRING-$!) rn:m.mm. rJ . Liordcn Opio, • Coroner in and fox- so.id County:;, sum.TI1oned fol"'(,h.:ith thrc0 e:1:t ir3eno of this Couuty to a.et as jtll"ors £> Tony Mnriotta~ Le o ~uolar :, .:md !L lls.a L0,x-0 G1n o ~hey ueN duly St70 ·n according to le.n . ilr. Opie: A; Kindly a -ate y , ur full i:mme o Dx>o p Mo 11GC:rafi'lklo O Qo You reside in Reck Spx- ings P v"iyoming? Ao Yes, siro You r;ox:~ cal.le on June l t o ntt.end a Mr., August HafJif!.or .Jho nns injW;eol in !Jo., S U:ui:.:i 1 Ao I .m~.O o Q. Q. A. fall tho jm-y t he con ' i t.ion the .!!1.2n v1as inp uhat hi s injw--i es consioied of, d ~1 cc.ruie of dei""tho At th~ tir-= I oa.u il o ;7agner h~ 1. as brought out of t he Di.De on stretcher and uao unconsciou.B, rather in a c~ , h9 1a s hur.rlod to tho hospital . The exa.8inaticm at, the hosp:1.tal ..,0vsnl.ccl. £:l.tull fr cturo with cerebrn.l hcmorrhag~ antl a. frac i:,w>e in t neck o N.r. rlagner never rosWuJd conscio,J.sneos and die dithin a p... riod of t..-.m hours o Qo Did t. ruiy i.al.te :I t-rags ,, Doot or? Ao Yos.11 sh• o Qo What did thoy sho.--Y i f anything? A. • His head· and neck ere c:t..ushsd o His ch0s<c. rms crushed a lit~lc and brL!.ised o Q.. A. The skull tms fract ured? Yos, siJr ,, Qo Are t he o any queotions the j ury r1ould l ike to ask the doctor? Ao ?~oo Qo Mr !lcLood? Ao Uo, si1~0 O That i l l be all . �Thot>"'UP!iil Mtltt Perkovich ppel.U:'Gd as uitneao, aft.e:r being duly , ing o the lo.u, testified as . £aU.o\1a: •• --·"- • . orn i. 1~. 1I.irully m, t0 youx> full name. tlo.M, Perkovich o ,. fl., 1-Ioo 4, Rock Springso Upi0s Qo Dh'.Jro· do you live? Aro you employed bs, the Union P cii'ie? airo Il a :fo:ip Q. A. lfo o 8? Ye0 0 siro Qo •Do you recall on June l. of A. in 25th north entry? Yes, siro fatal accident m.ich oceurrsd Qo Bet en 13 and 20 unit? Ao Yes, m.ro Q. The ccident· uhich involved the death of August Wngncr? A. Yes o Qo About what time did this nccicl nt occur? Ao First thing in the morningo I .g ot thsre five minutes late for .the man trip and. I had to walk in o By the tw I got in l so.u some cave in and two or thre en orldng cleaning it o I threw .aw tools to the oido and they told ma to . tch out that .it nae a bad roofo I tried to clean one side to put in the safety props o Then I s another side, the roof coming in o I didn •t see August becaus there re two or three men in front ot me o That colored fellow tried to lift the rock o Ravenell.i and I pulled him from midemeath the rocko Q. A. Did you test th roof be.to~ you ent in there to work? .It was a l ittle bad, but couldn 9t put t he safety props until we cl eaned tho bottono A. How did you ea.., t ho root was? Bad. Qo Qo The root was bad? A. It was bad. 1 aure o q. Did you t eat t he roof? Somebodf did before, I did men I got ther e o A. Wh&t w.ilih? Ao Pick. Q. �. (lo l>:.n';j A Oo • Q Ao u.00tiono ih (:l jury tlould lih"e to as!-t? l'..~et~""d? Yoo.fl ob>. ~o : Go r " lli!="'cd; Ao X-000 Xoux- judgm.;)nt io that ihe roof TTllS bad? Qo Did you tset the piec~ th~t fell? Ao Xeoo Qo Xotli" judgment is that it -q21s loose? . Ao Ci:G o !J.. Did you say anything to th@ oth0z, Gc..71? I just said to make n. pla1::.e for isafety prop□ o Qo Any other question□ ? Qo Ao No o . Thereupon Alm~ Jelouclmn nppCalm-><ad as uitneos., afieI' being duly sworn ccor:ding to l at1, test.ii'i@d as f all0ws: Mro Opi l A. Kindly state yotll' full n.aiile o Alex J elouchan. Q. You worlc for the Uo P., Coo.l Coo? A. Yes, s.iro Qo A. No o 8 mino? Yes o Q. A. Do you re :mber on June l when this £ ta.J. accid0nt occm-x-ed? Ieeo Q. A. Nothingo Tell the jury wh t you know of this ? ·. Qo WerQ ·you working in there at t he time? A. No. Q. Whereabouts were you working wh=n this happened? I - waa working in another antey. A. • Qo You don't know anything about this accident? A. No. Q. Any qu.estiona the j ury would l ike to aak? A. No o �'.UL;oir;r.l;!ng ' L e.pp3a~d ns • l.tn00 □ .? nftor b0mg 1.n,.7.o toot~icd c-.~. fill0i7□ 3 " " n t,filiog Boni . :·-' : :· t@ to yom> full n~ o o oz:n&d. · A C/ yom li o? ings .o 720 •10 ,, how. Stx-""0 .• JYJD JTOi.ll O@ loyGd by tho Uo p O ni rloo el? Ao Clo •o ·no - you. t:oz,king iho 1w1•cl.ng tl:r. t. .e,gn_,z, t1as 1 j ' <n:>C ? Ao I DO.So Qo fl... 'i'oll th0 jm-y .nat yo1 ! o;. of t his a.cci o it? ,011,,o o Dant in that ED iling 0 th9ro Jl1S 2. fall of c o.Jl on tho tl"3tilt:, top cou!. 'xh0 Eieet.1, oo put . t.o ,o ·..;: cloent. ~ i·c, up ~ tho.t uo cow. tho c to!' hrougho this top OOfil out Og •• O 'trnckc ~!'o J Ol"' TTD.O t Oo ~ ru:i uo king sido by o.:.coo X di _e-t hcniP it £ o:' .1 di· ~-::, ll8£:l?' him holleX" or s 0 ,h:ln a • Qo You didn i t h~ar • . ._ l'J.. o • Ho, I diun 9to • Qo Xii.d you h · _ 11 0 I d 1t x,n~ls out? ·-he ck up? " ~ loosoo VI ox> o.i n.ll? tnin!: ho eot.ld ts)J~ o Did you follorrs test too it? " I t00 od -t.' or-0 ! Qo und 0 Qo Ho did i Qo Did a.nybc y e;e.u.t on yo!.l Gbolll.t it? Sur ~ tho oection 'bo •dido A. oo • o!l~ it ~~s kind of a bnd T Qo Xou rn:J Ao Yes,11 airo in 0, C W "-ey .10 call the unit fo ~co ? did ho scy abo t..h aid o tell that o1:0 rocd'? t.Xl.Gfil t _e section O Go , Q. ~t, A. He ijo You re trying to clean th~ pbce to put a prop n crossbar'? Ies, airo A. i (J 'i'b.ooe TTOr~ his inoti:"U..., ~ ems a �-5G,o Ao o An;ff qu<i'.lstions t,he jury 't1ould like t,o aak. ~@n(;;) ~ • ~ o Ao ~ Ao &Load? 0S o ~ o • BcLeod; Hon long have you \10rked thQr.a? I wo!""ked there u...ntil the section boss told mg to go to ·the i'a.ce o Hc-~·1 long before the . accident t ook plac.e? o l.'i.o . -Joot startedo He ca.m.0 up to rey place and took ma atJa'Jf and told. uw to come do\m thereo Qo You sounded the roof before you started? A. Sure. Q. You thought ·it Tias all right? A. Where I was orking I thought it was · all righto I could miss my judgi'il~nt o Q. A. Did Wagner test the roof'? l don 9t know, I couldn 1t say for the other m-m 9 I can on.lJ," say for mysell' o Of course 21 . Qo . The .u ni_ t foreman told you to be careful? Ao ·_Sure a Thereupon August Ravenelli a.ppe~d as uitness, after being duly sworn accordi.ng to la: , testified as follows: Mro Upie : A. Kindly state your full name . August Ravenelli o Q. Do you live in Rock Springs? A. Yes, sir o Q. Work for the Uo P o in No o 8? A. Xes, sir. Q. .Were you orking the day t he fatal accident occurred? A. Yes . Q. A. Tell the jU17 what you know of i t . I can ' t tell anymore t han the ot hers did o Just. the swne o We found the top coal down o Q0 Were you af raid the roof would come in again? Ao •·Yes, airo Q. A. I ou saw what t ype of roof that was? I test ed i t JI\YB81.t before Matt Perkovich came " �.. 6 .. .. ,. C!o a case l ~ that, it ia better to pull the roof dotm ion't it? . 11. Coulon ' t do it because there as top coal on the high side, it io h ·d to get it down then. Q. A. /J;Jr--a thoro any questions t.he juey tmuld like t o as~? IfonGe Q. t A. o tlc ~od : Ware you Qf the -opinion that top coal nas holding th.o· rock? ! think so b2cause the top coal didn 1 t fall in one piece TThen the rock came down o A"::little bit· of top ·coa.1 came doim ruid then the rocko Theroupon J ohn A. Wini.ski appeared as uitness, after being duly orn according to law, testified as follows: Mr., Opie : Kindly state your full name o A. John Ao Winiskio Q. Do you 1--aside in RQck Springs1 Ao Yes, siro A. Are you employed by the Union Pacific Coal. Coo in Noa 8 mine? I es a Q. Qo Unit foreman?. A. Yes . Q. Do you recall t he f atal ccident which involved the death of August Wagner? A. Yes , si r . Qo A. fell t he jury what you lmow of this. It was reported outside to me that .some coal was down o I had to have more men when I got in there, so I went up · and got William and told him to start. I . also got August Ravenelll, rq best t imber man a I knew he was a careful man , so I brought him down~ and when we came down I sounde d th e roof a From wher e he was out to 13 unit . The rock waa bad out the re . I told August t o clean a space the width of his shove1 so we could put up a safety prop., t he quickest t hing we could thrmr up . Augus t had j ust started shoveling when I noticed the power was off on the unit and ·we had to have air o 1 walked out to see about power and I saw August 1a light go d 011n and I ran in. August was dawn t h e rock laying across bis lmees when I got in there . llr. McLeod& Is i t your opinion that th e rock was he1d up by top coal? Ao No, · sir, 1 figured it was sate there . When t op coal canes down you have s cale on it, I started to sound it out and by 13 i s whe re it was bado I f igured we would get _t he first bar there . Q. �i I I [ I 0 c, in i �-:mmIB.'i'-IGc\TXON HELD XNTO THE FATAL INJURY TO AUGUST WAGNER TTIIO lJAS ,ORKXL(} Jn 2S . EiJTRY, ROCK SPRIKCI-S r~o. 8 1-ImE ON ~ 1~ 1944 Il-WES1IDA'i' OH HEW AT ROCK SPRitms, mm.rmG, JUtIE 3i; 1944 Ji.' o 0 ·p•o~<ant tJGli" : Vo 0 .., L'UiTay• Gen ral Su~ri.ntondent, Tho~s Overy,. Sr • ., Di._ S'a_at9Tiatondent,; earl f\flllsala, IB.no Foroman; John Wini.ski, Unit For J lr.ao ld. K~ o.r /) &crdrae Rumler; J)nl.lo.s Larson, Eleeti-ical Repairman; To~ cric tn.l) Duck Bill Oparatol"; .Auguot Ra.ve olli, L0nder Head Man; llitt Perk..:, ~ etm, '.?imbel"filrulj Al.ex Jelouehan, '{ ba5:nn; an<;i rlil.ll.am Bernard, T~ : : i ~ o "iJ o 0 .., --, -a ay Inquiring. rru.a Alao~ering. Cal Go Gill y©u please state your 0cc pation .. Ao LJin(;) Po .ZwfW Do. 8 !il.neo .. Q. Did yor.a hav eh g faie.lly injured? A. Yoo. on June l, 1941+., ii.on August ,&s Will you teU what. you of t e aecident? A~ On th ming of J l, I t lap onec'l. tt..o different • a Bosses in the min to find o t. the C®.ditio of different entr!ns as to fire, dallp_, caves, etc. s parl.icular r:ai.Bg, Frank . tes,. th Fire Boss in tllat particular s ction 25 ":1try:> stated t at ther ere a coupl.e . oars of coal dom ond that .the t.roll0y· 1 \':'as dounbet ween 23 and 20 loader ad. • I sent .t ,c. tiob.:.iiron, i!{r. Perkovic_h and ilex Jelouchan to repair and t ber up that place •d el ar the halllage so that -e cow.d prcceed to .:3rat0.. I all;t dispatch d t he Electrician, J!r. Dall.as Larsen, to ~ab::i care <-f -th electrical end. About 8: 30., fter I c out fro.a 27 South Entryu I listened the t el ephone d I found that there -cas a man injured. They . ere putting him h the car t that t . I ediate~ ellt on to the place ot · the accident and investigated it. · I ,estimat~ t e ueigbt ot the rock, w ich was about 3v long~ 18" ride, and '4.0 tbiek at the t hickest part. I was satisfied fro the condition ot the rock that 1t. had hit. bill right that it could have been a ser1ot$ accident, which i t was . Q. A. How~ unit s do you have .orklng ln this Entey? Three • Q. A. Yea . Q. Was t he tall of coal bet cen the insi de and t he middle unit e? A. Do 70U ha•• t his kind ot t hing to happen 1D t he Entries., that is., the t op coal- f a-JJ Sng? Yes. Q. A. These eut.ries artt not crcssbarNd? So119tillln tbtrl are -when t he7 are unaate . Q. �~ ~ ~ • Qa l'). o • . • -2- 5:}:dfl 100.~t::.c~ a~ place 1.w .sn •·t cr9sabar1?ed? ·m:1s p:1.rrt.ietMaX:> pla~e-Tiasn•t crossbarred t1hero the top coal fsll o o_ee~l.-Yed ua0n•t on the ~ssiflg tlPaek uas it? fic ·l ·3 o ·;;h~ nceid~ 7cs p :1'6 DOS o Qo 'iilioso l.Yro dri'voo ,;:.bout 161 wide, aren' t thoy? ·Qo Ao '¼'eo a Qo • Q f ;l~d ihat the ~erman d thG Um.t FoFGU'.).El eevuld take eal"Q 0i tW.o iJJ1 oatisiaetoey mnner until you had tifil3 t~ .g 0t into this ~ ct!J.aJ? entley'? £1,. co" L\fte,;, X had managed to take eare of 21 Eutr-y.u I t1ent 'ullp am.cl Tt.!O'g i'6 I'G already put iag b • in tne Cnir• Q.. i hl.s i o w t a. rare oecr.n-renc ? lt happeoo sove?al tinoa a coath? Ao Yes ., Q. •A.. Yo:ia f i gured they c; w:d b.~dl0 it? They were acquaint ed 11!.th the. 1.·1curk? Yes. 'fhe Unit Foren9ll iol e a.t"gj) ccul.d take ca.re of it .. V., o. lhlrray Inquiring. John t11nisk1 Answering. Q. State yo-m- name . A. John A. Wh!i sld.. Q. m.ll yon st ate your occ pation? A., Unit Fore Q,,. A. Uere you orldng in Bo .. 8 m.ne i:Ihen Au.gw,t was tatelly injured? Yes, Sir. Q. Will you tell us in your Offll ay bat you ere doing and what you had A. ffilen we were going in, t he !li.na Foreman l et . done precoeding the accident? know the t imbermen were being sent 1n there, .that there was talling ot -top coal and rock. The timberm.en were up at t he ta.ee and we needed help to get units running oo I called William Barnard• who was the cl osest, and I told him t o ait until I got another. I got August Wagner . It was the first day f or him 1n my ent 17 but I had knom bill a l ong time . I lmeu he wae good. We -.ent back and started sounding the roof. August said it ,asn 9t. bad. t hat it u shale . I l eft. h1m and. told bi~ t o clean it., put a saddle jack there and. put a bar upo We started to wor king ahead. I went up and Dallas was putting a wire up on a hanger. I l ooked around and saw August Uagner 9s light going down. Bad 7ou looked the place over ca r e ~? Q. A. Yes . Q. Y Oll tho1lght J011 woald ha-Ye to A. pat 1n the tuber aml the bars? Yes, Sir. clean the top coal ·bef ore you could �t Jas tho1"0 u slip ~wmimlg pa-all.el ·d.th tbG Entx- ? • Ao T' e noo u slip.. Ue oa11 it ofter the rock CaEG do,Jn. Q.. no~i co it afore. We didnVt \ I I Cl . • A,. f cr.-:r '....C did you figure the rock neighed. Boincou 150 p •· els and 200 pomcls. •o ga: o flim all tho Fir t Aid n c soaey? Ao Xoo . a eey1> Sr. Inquiring. olm rJinisld. A&wuering. ih ~ Th rockg as I aa.u it, didn't it break off pretty uall i'1itb the slip? I t . i\\ld aay~ as I it, ab ut 2° over tho top coal. and ti.le slip run ear~ ven in line ui h th ops. Therefor I ha slip uld not b visible? Ao o. --· Q. Q. As I aaw th plac , appa?'i)ntly there t7as u bare spot in th . top coal where August was p.]auuing o p-11t ... ing this prop. Ao Yes . Q. That is the top -coal h d broken o t t"tJe 11 the props and in o. eircle. That 1as the condition w n I i'ound it. A. Yes . V. O.. l!urray Inqu1ring John ~iniski Answering A. mmt s t he height. 1n th re? About 7i, 7':3"., something like that. Q. .Had :,ou set any t imber that morning befor Q. the accident? A. Ilo; e had no pl.a.ae top t BJ:f'T• I Q. A. Q. A,, ·you ere cl eaning up t he top eoa.l? 'l'he1..e as j ust a llttl.e sbal domi .. You ere cleaning t he track? Yes, e wer e c1eaning t he trench; we had t o shovel t o put a s addle ·jack in t her e . Thomas Oveey, Sr., Inquiring. J ohn TT1niski Answering. Q. A. J o ~, did you take mv r ock dCMn where August was killed? The rock was solid and there was none t o pull do sn. The outside end was bad, the inside end was good. _ �re er;, : ·o , 1a0 1 i.l., 1 s!tlo tia.d fo ~o a c o d r.:w10 ? h~ C 0 ~teni to honcllo this !d.Eild of uor~? 11di:l Q. &. ':lo ua taavc. Q.. oul.d y u tak any otbor pl"Ceu again? I d 0t sc ho l could do 1t. 1 took cry pro am.ion. X c~ru.d ~ of. You have to have tho bot el-:m io 0.:i.ddle the prop :u bo.for-:a you c put. aeything ! A. Q. . A,. ' e thio 03 time□? Qc a. There . as no arning of th oof bren p? · o. The.r asn 9t ar;y is ar~rund it. 'mo iEmido fo.ns. t;~ro dor: and t onl¥ far. . out. abont 150'. A: a ins:a.do um.ts -r:e;re do .. V. 0 9 . llurrey Inquiring. tt Ferkovich Answering. Q., Will yo pl acre state your , ? A. l:!9.t.t Perkodc:h. Q. - t 1n your occ n. ti ? • T1mb Q. A.. Bow long have JOU been timbering? Over 26 - '2!'f years. Q. ere lfOU ent 1n to timber this place? A. ?es. Q. A. Ulll 7011 tell ue diat 7011 know about it? I as told te clean th place and put in th safety props., i e have to cl.aan it then we h to put. 1n s ddle j ck and put 1n strdgbt. props and c p pieces . Then we can fix it . I started to th one side and A1lgut at.arted on the inside . I aa.ke one place and he t17 to , llake another pla.c • . I see the rock dOlffl but. I nner see AlJgut. 'being caught bJ" the- rock. I see the other Hn who ork OJer 'b7 the rock so I go up and t17 to help with the rock. e palled Aupst. out ha 11Dder the rock• then put Ma on the stret.chero �--,-.,ii? ct .o,11 iuo ~ ~il:o r:@8 -= CXU.0 @ 0t:ty lill~do ~ t. ~0 i r 0. l eit 'GOu-3 0 VY{jf 8 E" _lt.00.S !lJCOD .. t : o :'I , eo nft.o 1.70.i:'do? ? · •~O - fj~ fell @'ill\b o ·:o l 0 Eo o s too t. cy ~ . ,. f1o Yo 0. CSp Vo Oo ·ti,; "' Q. ~? /Jo 0 Q.. !'l. t;(5:f'' Doo C -~ c? l) CJ.? I .:,o l " e • [\,_ ; :J I ngr::; uD.e fat~ irlju :)cl.? te 1; .:.ea :_ E'O ,!lo ccid t 0 oafotyo A. 0 Q. A. d to 11:±oJ:> up .. ~ l.f.& ,'!,. ..,T.lo Bow tar r i'OU f 9 • Aoout 7 .. As ocm Q. to get hia out. t? A s I s t,c a.ml h0l,. cl t OD �( t ;a.s t.m: ~~· ~dei" ~e onve? ~G <:'h e l~o L .l'I D • anei oot ~ tiobar in the top coal. If you ha.vo a good N,Y-plae~ ~ eaiA o~~ timber» on a heavy rock or oo□ething. y u to.vo '(;'(} OO'vC a solid botto:u t@ oako it oafo" Cve ·y0 ~ . . Iilquh>~go rurur..1erii?Ag. •.-~G.v -: nolli • Ao • Oi'CJ en th0 ~ sidca- o.f tt:~ i~aek? - 0~0 plcm~y of pl"ops Ycszi . rf!oo~y of theI:il. Ycu ooul.d V. o •._ "· r?ay :iPq,ub-ing (stating): big)} side_ ,;, ar~ £Ovo in thlei"e. "ihe sk t.ch. sbot=s 10 props ~n iha v. o. tmTay Inquiring. willima ams.rd Ansner-ing. Q. A. t1ill '9 u pleas tat y, W1Jl1aa Barrw.rd .. "' c.f Q.. How l.cmg have you uor d Do. 8 Dine? A. ·1 started around th 20---...h of &rcil.» 19~. Q. A. at do you do? I t?ork 1n the face as t Q.. Did Johll TI!nisld. call ·A.. Y s~ h . up after erean. dor:m? ., Be told to c coal oft the tracks so that we could gt th l,p el.('.an the top tor tb.Nnlgb and tbi.bar. A. Did you SQlmd the place? Sure.• Q. Ho Q. A. tar were J'OU ~ l.. st rlsgnv? ot OY~r 2 9 ho him. IT 1er both left handed and 'Dorld.ng t:ogether and I don •t think I _as o r 2 9 way from him. Did 7011 thiak it wae safe-?: A. Uhere I was• I thought 11.·•. out after a .. • Q.. Q. A. Q. _A. I was under timber reaebing August was in. a worse place then 7ou were? A• .Most like~ he was . Q. sate. Prett7 sure he was-.. Do 701l think all th6 saret1 J:!easures were. being used? Yes, Sir. Bow high would JOll sq that place was where J'Oll were working? About. ? i, 1 13• to 117 est.bmt~ �it 0 .8ali° a ~ing.. c c Sp 1.md;;;ir th& rock • .It nst h!:lve bson lcose - ~ i...!2 0 tlllo tgp '-'10X'kixng1 H0 dicmVt ko. a~ n iso. i.'l lien l lco ed sv:!ddcw.y • .o s ~O ~ei!o 11 d ~a t@p? xi is too 0D47 thing I have. is co g od as ~bing? Yer usually ooood th~ pla.eca /j,, ,. Q. Did ;; n-,ti .0 if Uo15ll r sounded th~ . plnca? ~- X ~Ulnk ~o and th0 section boos sounded it .. Qc n. e B o plenty of props on tb. high side ·:of the traclt? Yes JJ i!.anty of the. ~ Test ieony . s ot taken fl:. 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CLARK 113INB OF THE V~ImJ PACIFIC COAL CCillPANY AT SUPERIOR 9 ~iYOl':i!NG, ON THE 23RD DAY OF rZIAY ~ l91•l◊c - o Tlmi· ·:;n Opie, Coronoi' in and for the County of SVI,<JOt\'l'a ·tei~,,_ State of w, .;;:::ling" Gif~i.-· ' @our~ at Superior, riyoming 11 on t ~f> 29th day of day~ 1 941>; on.id Co!i"on on.::--.:-:l.uad forlhuith Leon T., :McGee, AL"'iton Gnb:a:r ru'!d GcorsB Jieolo:.?x'_, thro / ,tiscn.s; of Stmet~1ater Cow;ityD to appsni' b0£0X'e t ho Ceiurt to a.et as j r'S ai this Inqu.est, and all of said jm"ors being present, thoy cl'cly _ulllificd aad r: , • srrn,rn as ~equired by lsu •. Th i'G)i · ~ ; Dr. F o J. Bertoneolj appoa&'ed ns a u:itness: and ni'ter ooing duly stiom cacor<ling to lau• tes tifiod ss fol1c:1s: Kindly tate your Ml n2.:"110 9 Dcetor? Fo J. '.l't,oneelj. 'lo And you -eside hi.;:re o.t 51.!psrior~ TTycclng? A,, YesD s ir • And yo ,• :o the ph~-nieian aad SUI'g~on for this c;;arap, A.. That 1G F:'".ght. Qo oct or>? On ~ 2'.)D 1%4 t~eif0 y-ou ccllod t o t ho Do Oo Cl ar:, lli.n0 to 2.'tt €L11d an l\.n ,.-,••,...,.. Oblak rho had boen injwrod i n the wine ? Ao y Sg, oil... ., Q. • \ lll y bis illj 11 the J ury in hat condi'Gion you f oi:m t h0 £E I t;;hai oo , ere and \,hat cauGod deat h? ao 1"hey b u 1t tho man out on a st~ ~cher inn p~ e position and I 4lx,."WST> him rathG;;r brioxly at tho til'.ile and f onnd he i'lac in au rt.:r ....:: o"· o.tEl of shock o The only specific injucy I could s ei~ nt 'Gho :-.in :no 1---J.J frc.etU?ed left arm ubove t he -.tlst an.d I s gges-te:l m>t to rrov t ho D:m to the ambulance stl" tcher at all but rather t olte hiu in as be ,i ao . I cav e him some stinnl12x1t and sedative to hold him as h t s in a. gr"e.t deal of p.:?.in and t ook off for the hospital ... cdiet l.y t Uhen t,0 got him thei'-o we took off his clothoo ood it wa.s vocy a p~arent his back ,-;as severely fractured and he was still in t hic ota e of co lete shock. ! trenteci him for shoek and go.vo him so •e r-0 sedat.i o as he as still in a lot oi' pain, and :l. t bee t np.., ~rent he had very sovere internal injuries o Possibly thi s t r nctu d back bad caused a i':raeture of the ribs; his ab1:o::l&n uas be olut y rigid an ·1 he looked as if he might collapse at ::;,_ey time, and th man died about ien, about l :30o He never regained from the initial shocko �J)/ (} LJ ClG!l\ <1fJi.1Ji.' u ~co.,.,Gt OJ'L iL3 .:.c to ~liovoi, tho fk1t, Po!f • 10 d 2.nd t ..J,'(, 5!.2, ill..G rc•i:, in n •--\!....... -inr Otg;·q 'S.70 c,.,,,.-,..,,siG V- •2'A a D7'J8r o 1 ._, b..J ry "'~J•10~,.,-,,1 -u \vV I.. - "'-"'~~ V!.- O ,.,,..,,-1 t _ .. .,._ .. ,..,--; ,.,,•.o t..,.lci,o. U I.J .;, cs G t.:il.'GlilO Di. !:.!Kl ,::::i,. \.J • ..,::r 1[.., dc.u..y '!'.<J:.LJ.fictl" ~ foJQ.0:-1::; i • Liily o\o,t., y,ouz..., ~ Ib.K O •.!.fil 0 =f"lt.,, ::'-.:::niclc J.~=o ng? 1: Gl!:J o o 110 fil2 ." y Q "·a c ployod D., 0., CJ.a; ~k lli.no •_9~;;:i? ;l 00 /, .,:'JJ.""¢ u~:1 cl l!Ut .:lo ya i' '(L~ Ao. Ur.iii Foz:oor.:::J.n.,. Q,T oJ, pm-:.t 0 Q:c X..r:i i A,; 'i'hl"C ~- So th" Q:. Ao C:!. ty ;'i_ 1 ._,_ 0 !.~~? 3 ...o' -b of tbc Le. 0,, Gl i:: r .!L? "5: 0,;1 Gll'o .,hat \?.ho did thio n c:c1 ,;, Lo.:::ip2:J? 6 o 11 @lc--A1. " i;v- it:'i,~ ?O . I ..;...Ci:1 1 ;""l•t:,. •o tl cl ai d1.do nnd c __ o.d lr ady f llo-·::; tol had tao of tho iag · st I:~Cltc 1 c " t, 0 t d.1:.> .G c. .r.: -:1hilo hio hie back .d .::n.,a.il r:- 0.y [> mid 1i �lli: • c ~ an-othei" felloi.1 got the firat aid r;iatQrial., The ~ :.Jsit:ion I found him 1n I ean•t figm"'o out just exactly 't7ha.t, oing o? 'i:ibat he was int12nc:ling to •dfll .. I bolieve he either l€Ll~ o.t the stump of coal or get tb.12 pinch bar., Th0r0 ,.J.S 11) c;,so coal.:.> ic ,:era just gei ting ~ Gady to ri:mra out~ . tr;) 1r~oi.,o fird.ah~d there nh0n the thing occul"rGd. I a"'k0d the fello:1s o...out. it and they said they dicin 1 t oven kno--r he \ aD t1.1"1der the ::roelt.D ,,.. -·v oi them didn t t; one said he hewcl him gro::. so 1~0.tm:ally they ctu ·,.,0d richt attGad to get him out., The posH,icm ho ms in .,·1•.en X ex, hir.1 ho was again!lt th0 _DJt,..kbil1 just like ho r1as oittwg ~1 bin ..aolo ialldng to scEGb:ody and hi□ f ae0 and •cbe::it c:rushcd bo -.:-con his legs., TI'e moved th0 roe and 0lat0 of of Moo Ao f.zil? c.s I oan f.:.gl! .. .., out it lcok0d litre hQ nae eo_f"ling o o&- to tL0 p:1n liuo nnd it caught him f).,3t just again.ct the prop. Qo Aft.cc they snot. tho otur.:zp in this plo.ao, .they \:ere told to sto.y o·tD is that it? Ao Ycs o A. '\las the man er e?ed to go bo.ck t,o n tJo., Q.- He had gone in "i;het>..:: Ao That's right~ Qo n h lJ: i5} 'Gholi'o? oti~ nee t ? \'las there a173body else in thm·e iih hir:? Ao r10;. ho as al.cue; th recri;. 00.ire all • ~ t o clear. Qo Q~ He as all alone: Ao Yes, he probably mis going in there to lcoit at 00 c.et..hing a.ftor \:O got out or to get the pinch bar bsca e ue otarted io pull tiabor and the pinch bo.r ae exactly t ere vie found hira and the rock ,as on top of the bar,. It loo like he oither cleaned up and ncn·i .around to look t the coal in tbe st p or to get the bar. He asn i t shoveling. He t1aon 9 t shoveling at all? Ao No, there , aa no sho l no her ; just the ro.ak. come do-me Q., How larg a pie o of 4--0dk :ias it? Aa One piece was 46" l ong, 1611 wi de, 10° thick; the other was fair~ that she, just about the sane size. It tel l Tl'hen it broke a Qo How ch clid it 1 eigh? Ao. About a ton and a hell ,. Q. Mro llcLeodz What did you say your IUU"..8 r:c.s? Ao !.!ax Ogri.no Mr. Ogrin:, ere you up in t hat pl ace t hore b tore the a.ecid nt happened? Ao Yes, ci r, about 15 m.nut es beforeo Q. �e ' " ~" ., ~ ~ ~- ,i! ,o o up thoro \70?'0 they l@ruling a o~e th g llcmo \"J0ro all baeko ~ onki1ng l"' ,fl .1. _a o t _oy loading coo.l in the b~0a.lcl.ng ~on? n~ o to another pl.ace? ond.9 V<aS. £1..o- -o 10 -;:-; ;'.:!li'). imh0r uas about this far (indiaa:iing) ~&>om th bii'Gnld.ng afte&- .r;e shot the plac(Z) . in.0y d.icln ~ i lend 2;ay eoalo I ~=..!!-U1.~:.od tho plaeo nnd iold tho!:l t o stay out and th0y cl.J. ·oo.id ·t hoy .oul<l stay out. so I .ent to tho looding oncl o £h y ~ c1d jMSt shot and I G.W3nined the plaeo.., '°'hoF'o vas a sr2!.Ul tmip £or protection norl to thca b:roa!J eI? liBo and t,hmi t _oy shot ·i;ho.t fell out but 1 tcs'\od the top 8:2.d it. ~-ras all o . o G You say the p].aee oas cloonecl up 0 t .0!"0 t1as ID.@ eoal to i~ad? Ao No., _Qo Q. Did they oh«>t.. ony c cl.? A,; Just o e round o Qa You juot shot and le ? Ao They loaded jU!3t about ,hl'-G:O en Q. /i._o In fift_ n nutco? Just about 8 yes ., T',ore •• ...,s m to 00 he :1on to 1 Qo A. o st· oaldng !ju end i i f t _e M.d ol". o.t tho°' T er ras n t::li::Jb r uh0r.;: ho nan Yen, alongside • re tho .. ek e en he s:i.do "l-!l i?G __ s a timb r. Go Up the. cave-in? A P Y 9; t. just olipp0d right off the tiAbsr ~ juot. off &he • • --:1'.J of it a Qo Tho c'.lS just one timber? Ao Yer:l 1 but o.n th opp si-c aide by t Q. to old the Duckbillo n tar opart. re th t imb •r? nd one-halt feet fro ·her Ao To The rock tell between t l~e timber? Ao no, behind the one in the cave, t working place. D, ckbill tllo et. the other one , as o Qo Qo \1aa the place working? Ao No, s i r , i t was quiet o roe t didn't f all in the �t ' /'"\ - -- y v !' . 0 11,, 0 0 n o flu X ..,.u QU)c• Qo l1o Qo, b.o z:9.'.} Q Cf ,::_,:u ,::., o 0 i 0 ;-:r u __.'.,. } �c:> 6 c:, \ '! isQ. '[jO?,,! wh~Fil th:ila hapu • i X t0.o ca? • i'lG .- 011 Elii>fil tho loft 0itl0 of the pa bt X 'C s tl?nppod !:100:!.Z~ i V< 1. o 1 h0 • o].~ J.iiftd al11d nho -o o o.y o~ :i;; ,r. ti otn np~"' ~cl us n m.tr:'Joo cd n... ·foll L1 n :ic tLili.lg duly ~sto yo'Wi." :.?n11 filG.CJ? s.. cir;., o. Ao I! Ao- =d.!.o Uml'li! P-ncdfiQ C 31,. C:1i'"'_-:n•n 1u :1[,, i o' t> o.t Sui)iOA'i@·"',,, ~?J • ? Andy 1°ro Do Oa Cl~ OO c, Qo .o Aa 04 !\ hC\R " o.i off of ~ ' lilO con1.:, _ wJ.s 2.w e. Q_, 'ibis n Ao 1 0.1> pan line bet l':!S.. eo.::a ancl '.ITO get ~ g 't 00 ®!l0 OVO"i' t b.OPO o thoire; eo tb2~ 0 s all~ l' • t That ould be a o t 15 t flX1 tho l br o.ker lin 'ffh ra ho got killed. ,mere I EJ a llttl t I:Ipo ' las th chino r,uu,ing at that t ir::o? Ao Co Ney l" you ean? Q., :;o :;cl? t. e . on 1 . o s ., Ot DOC Dh - -l.a!x 1.7'380 , 1J: fnl.1 col:id foi" f: ot:. nid o.ncl -~ c tho Jm- ~" und Qo Ao t G ace!l. EY �C 0 <; -h: 0 u? u,.., UOE:.., fo , t., " 0 - c " C.> ? 0 0 ;__ 0 " !l(; 0 •~~· D 0 ~ 0 Ao " Qo 0 ury .. 0 ., Po Oo �:ElG~".. lli>o O lwt~? "''!;~i." oigi:r1 L10ntho o ,m.oi 10~ ' C!;' irdn n ,JJ r::!.m.~a oc.fo ~JC C _ l,: CG? t o \:. :..· ,. n ~& i·w. ntl.no:i."' Cb. O D. 02..~ thut 0000 X ~ oD X ~~n then he p c~o.bly t; nt nf Ort' t u O ~ ~ b3i?? :laY~O ho tcilio lo ~ to oeo hct1 .C:?.~h COD.lo Co - 0' ' , l'~o -iu:l (:n h m"'i \J ij~ 't.hrr.n I w • Dicl o hsvo BD.':fl uoo i~ tho pS!i!0h 'Dal?? a. Uo '•t to puoh po1m. Q. tou 1:.hin tho.t ts A. l '!}bi ' being duly • Q, A. ? Th nu ro:ra 9 Gcora Tr~~:; ",:1!:! o a no -ad no a nitnco::; 21"1<l c orn according to lrn.7i; too i iod no oll . ox Kitldl.y tat Georg Tr A. ·"lo.t. bo , nt. fo~ th SG o ·011 li: Yo, or ..,? ho !Jt. ,1na ;you ar loyed y Th Union Paaifi Co~ Ce.:.. ?2-E\Y in _i e:.t D. o. Clark lllne? Y ., ir. Qp ·:1ere JOU ·;orldna do1n1 the rd.no tho dey Ur. Oblclc: A. I o.s .: o.s injured? • Tell the J1117 ~hat ~ou know of this ccident? ell, all I kno is •bat th other iitneae s suid. \7 shot round ot .ebot and l ded 3-t oars, ofter put on l der h• tl A. I ao do '1111 what rk and help hovel coal out of pan lino . ,mot and , loa dJ' to moYe out; i f this don' t h ppon. There wae nothina l •f t o do 1 we pUll. back ·and get naci, to out when tbia happen. • A. Did JOU SM tbia l'Ock COM down? Nenr , .., I was not,. cl oae t o h!a. Q. t1hat • as h• doi ng, hal.pi.Dg 7ou tellowa? Q. A. He waa ahOftling like t he net ot u . d �iJ • ,4 co.<'1 7 li}w e o d Ii.°'.) : 9 11 :) , 8 60 tl ' <tc.:...._ 0 0 Q., g 0 r, 'C' 0 �'\ i\n .no tlU\\i pl.nee\ e:t 4 0 ol@rut., ~J O yo-m .ru iden? c oli'ytniliig t?D.S woll tif:fuoy..;;d 0 • iho ,iep _ ,;, i::, a□ 1.., lid oo co n d bo ood ~avo Q ~oiro t@ loavo o. •st •CL -, tr \:. -0 ~ronl~i., io~ p tG tiozi,.. . ..,f.l.\. cl ~ @ t!pi') Z _._, _.i T. t:~CT.-o~ Jm~~ G~ogo d Geox>go Diceloix'o- Jm>~ro~ prf00Gu'IC.0d i~ o . Ji."die e, o.t 0 of tho Inqueoi P oiD.ted:: !' hoa.idng tho 0 . :.J idoniao ill this C3£JO m .find , at O lak e~ to his dol'.lt by o.ceidanuu.. £all of (Si~ d) Lo~ Te HcGa0 Jm-o (Sign.ad)_~=~~~~ ( S .gnc )._.::...;~_,_=~~-= (Signe).__,..........,;.;.;-~------= Attest: Siped:_..,:;:.Leonco~Tbo~M~o:--GG......,_ -------~----- --- ---------- ------------THE STAT'E OF ·;;ymm;G) . ) ~ o COUNTY OF 5.JEE'l'i"lATER) I, Coroner' s ~ nographe~j heraby olemnl;f ar that h and f oregoing i s o. true and eorrect traius'cript of S¥ note ta.k 29th dq of Yq.. 1944. (Signed) Subscribed and awom t.o before Helen Tl"aYio t.bis____~ ot June, 1944. Not,817 .Public 117 ec.d.aialon axp-l ru �IWJESr.alGATION HELD !N THE ACCIDENT THAT CAUt,ED THE DEATH OF AUGUST OBLf K.? DUCK.aILL OPillit~TOitl) 3 SOUTH ENTRY, SUPERIOR D.. 0-v CLARK MINE:;, NO o 9 SEA1'11 MAX 23/) 19!h,, • V" 0 o U..Bi'R'ey, Gcnei'al Superl.ntendcint g Rock Spirings P lyoming R•• v. r llp So.foty Engine 1•, Rock Springs 0 rlyer@i~ Geo!. '1.o BX\1> » Mine. Supsrint ndent • Supel"ior » Wyo::tl.~ v .l o ~dtl. v G.onoral FO.Feoanp Supei'ior-1 TTyoming Ton \ThcJ.0u t1 li'or-ernan, Ro. 9 Senm, Day Shiftp SuperlorD t,yorJiug Adan B ey v 1'!ight Foraoan., No. 9 Soso, Supar-lor-8 Wyoming lmx Ogl'ii!i> Unit Foremn, t,1·0. 9 Soar.ii Supol"ioi>, Wyo;:;ung Jolm Scrnieio~ t!acbine Uaall No .. 9 Sooo, S p$i"ior:; Uyo::dn Geo ge Tira~oor.altis, Loader Head luin 1 Noo 9 Scam, Sup rio~:> Gyc!itl.ng Rucl.olph Ogrin~ Pacemcm,I) No. 9 Seam, S~perlor11 Wyomi.n Ve O. L:u.rrey lnqui.Fing. t!ax Ogrin An.s~J ring. Q. A,. Gi e your name, ploe.0e .. l1a.x Lewis Ogrin. 'What is your occupation? Ao Unit Foreman. Q,. Q. Here 70u orld.ng in No. 9 Sesm on &ly 23rd • en August Oblak 1:os fut Uy injured? A. Yea., sir. ., h t you did h n you first ,ant. into the place ood at condit.ion you found th place in right up :to tho time including the ccident? Ao \'Jhen I first came in, I mn.d nw visit at ad nd • I came in thr· ~:-,, the top entr.v, and th n I 1ent into No. 13. I checked the pl.ac fl loose rock and .found everything oka)'. Timber was all , 11 done. 'i. n commenced to get the drills ready t.a drill a round of shots. i1 diilled six holes •in the stump and they were ordered to leave a st on t rig hand side next to the breeker tor protection, which, when tti.y abo th stump ordinn~ tell out. I went up tter they got through shooti , exem1:ncti the pl ace again, nnd found out net7tbing was oka,. Tb n l ordered the men to stay out or there., and they said the7 would all t out. · I l elt the tace and went t o the l oading head hich the loaa1?:1X head 11811 wanted to stay at the face to help t he fellow finish 1 din ·coal. \1hile I was down ther.., I j ust had about t.wo shakes to l oad t third ear. The light went oft• and I was Oft!' halt w up, when the tacnen was on his ay down t o tell me t hat a man had been ccm~N~ Tih•n I got there• t hey had the t wo biggest wocka ott to the sid , atlll had mn rock on J-ill as t ar aa h1a chaat which we took ott ~ . h1a out. ~ • we were t ·a king h1a oat• I sent the men after tint o.id •ter ial. mien I got. hill ~ut• I tried t o get word out ot hill tor c.t Q. llill 70u tell us, Max., in your own �0 ~ 0 .. ·=-'"-"'""""-"·"' ~11::::....,2, fc,_ ,.;() :..:!1 {~r,:i,t, cl1),., : .; Lo Q.o ., "d Ao . ,G ~ ':c~ .f n:_~ ~ :t r,~1...-•!)(.j • '.'I',_,"" } t,...,,.-... \.;kl~ ~ _,_ .,1 ,q;i.:.,, C!.~1 Ci :lfI,~ ~? ~~i cS?io 0 .,_~ _t, , om Qo 0 r;:.'..~h • 0 0 Qo " Q.o fl.o 0 ho ,.,, 3 '6 '\l". 0 Q .o. ··i(r got o-'"'i..' [' -~~'.) t'.';) OM,.,, ! .irJo Qll:~~c �oJZ".Dii--tln"'d 'Ghc i: s1~0 o.fv.er the shots ,..c'"l· fi ""d? G CF tlw£il tit\.~ oho~ out o 'i'hot 9 s lwn X orde~d the fil9n to ,o An Qo ~= ,•.. - :-ig :lG.d ~ .. Ohl.wt rni'kC~ fC)ll" you'? ., o r:;, -· ...t.., ~ co h~ t~A'ke::cl. ;.ith John S!JJilietz.ll ioout eight rnnths<? Ho ho 'i.~t 'to .15 seorao I ~uld :;;ia.y he, \,0 k-Cd about 0 ~ CDS' '"' ~cl n r.\ o He t~ni to 15 Scum and got hill'"'~., insn he otart-Gcl. ~:J C ·C lO'!XG Qo. Ao u "O•• f:iidor"'tl nm ~ ~e~c c miner ood a safe noz:ko~ Jlo..,i;, ~il.. o f~ e~ dorm to nfJ nnd £&dp c ~ • - ~ m.ll set us m.uch conl cu of th ro ac ra> CWlo sJ &id said~ 0 August D I ooven it, wen m:J.d<.ai up " :-J • :t '00 '"0 going to do ycto ! h~v~n ti; seen tb.G F ...~ o r;c mil c;o ·ubout oux> busineoo.? en ~1h .n -o get through~ thsn u0 nil.l sec :t. c m.11 do o n jl t ant to pull tiob(;;lr-' before they got G...'t!J/ r~ight on thr !ilo It. o1ll be Diee pull.an 'Ehr.it nas ju.st <axactl.y r·tat he s "d to 0 Qo o Dti you f'.lnd rmy sh.:>vcls OlP bil! s'.r • o»- airo l didn"t find wihingo Gcox>g0 found th8 bar "' d0i> the roclt etly ere i i'ounci hi.mo Qo You s03 that the Duckbill s rurming nhen you got ih0 light shut offo Ao The wa:, the bar as the Duckbill was pus: cd o.;rer to too iru:~ of the coal 8 and they had a prop ngainst the Duckbill to held th0 Duckbill ar:1cy from he caveo They had ~other one b0hind holding that Duckt.ill:i- and he going to b trot Duckbill its ms to .coo I think he a.a nt aftor the ..,. or nt to look at the stwnpo He as going to get tl•-= bar out of the a.y or cnt to look the stU!!lp ovel'u The Duckbill as np rlth t:imbcro Th~t i e t ho I 1 k at itc'/; u ho.vc ony questiona,p !Eo Knill? Qo Uro lt"lill Questimlinao Ogr!n Ans cringo Q:i !lax., did this rock hat foll cez"2~ from the plnce here t :· ~ stump h d •A o Qo f ,o , s .ot out? si c it above it? It mw on tho outside in the al.d orkinga, the lip o£ t hr- stump t hat mis still in thereo , Qo Did you notice i f the root h~ been dril led intoa Ao The root as j wst .:1s good. as could be wh re the rock camt: downt• Mien I t, up t here, t here were no eigns ot an, jars a I t was j u.et as slick as c uld be, slicked right otf o (,' . �r 0 /io c.:r iJdJ A, f!USti •' G ;?~~0 'l QB J;-ight i'?ora tho sa.x0ty pE'{)p'? e,go:lnst, · t o "lo ! , f i 'G<.>0 tho ~~ett? I.lo 'i?h .1.- .. c t '"'""o clgh'G against bis hoe.do Ho uas .siU,ing on his heels t n i- ~ ·0ro!! him ut:, j u~ like when you go in the mino o l!lis ehost n::is b~it:iJ€:l,,l 1-io - 30 • • f. s feeo nox~ tip 'GhG bot tome ll f. o • ~ - cuw 'cvv ex tho s·tU!'lr,9 wairc shot OU ?. Z "o.v no ' .C O. a X si ~cd tho st~ over; thei~e ooo c. f ciwly g0@tl stw.mp ::in ir li·Oo '.?hero as htora of i t shot out than X thought was going to bv o X 'ercd th.0.a io l eave the r ight -hand aid0 for protocticm o ;r oz:dGTed them to stay out of t hor"11o Qo Do you have any qu0stions» liE'o Brc;m? 11:ro Q,A-..Ja:lU Oti Cningo Max Ogrin Anmreringo Qo· Was this Duckbill .tt!lly <mt~mded? A o ,.. About 2~ f eet f I'om t ho endo Ji leon an.rl 4)7le ucrc dorm the~.o that mu.ch .(indicnting) o Qo You shot six shots, and after ycu had sho·~ thsoe shots, y ou hod scree coal to l o d o You loaded thre cars? Ao J ust about t hree cars o A couple shakea fr a l o~dinB t Qo About t thir cnro Ro much of that coal as ohovel ed? Ao Not much o The Duckbill. l ook like it reached p tty n to tho faco o It l ooked like it slid ck .f'ro!!l here it could havo be n Ollt o Mro !Alrra.y Queationingo John Sa.'llietz An ring. Qo Pleas stat e your nameo Ao John Sacd.etzo Qa You work in Noo 9 S Do Oo Cl ark lline, John? Ao Yeso Qo What do 10ll do? Ao l :run the cutting macb1 M o John, will 7011 tell WI what you were doing on t he evening or· Jlq 23rd when Augut, Oblak wai -tat-eJ1 7 injured? .. .lo I na acroaa the pan l ine .troa th, left-hand comer· ot the, atumpCJ I . ahOftling between tl.mberao There wu not.hing t or Oblak to do OYV t:.ru,_°' I dGn't, kno1r what he wu doing onr therea Th• rock t ell ao I l.ooked around behind • • and George had hi.a ~ap knocked down fNlll h1a t ace• I tbougb;Oblak RB d.ollD loading er 80allplaceo I don 1t know lfbere he 0 Qo �-5c to l~ok _10 ij bies :;,.,,erts of d0r the rock~ X sent Rudolph to Gtop the lights i I!oNmnn right a: r,;y ,. and mo liUld Geox-ge pull~ tho t. o him x-5.ght no ~T o s-ocl x'oll.ll John? o § r,_ o "t ~ ::c t1 • 7 oi y 12. did it t2ke to· roll the reek off? I:~:::i , ·.tl aco ge o After Uror ea.mo, ..-;e aovGd som~ moro X"Ocko o A~ • ,.,_il ~- c pi r>Gs eood siz-a roe!· o cix Ghots in there? o To you loQ "cd? .">.. o p · tty n0 Qo cl.l the lcos~ coal.a Just :?ellciy to ~V(;) o Natl you ot med r-o.tchoting th Duckbill back? Ao uo, n i yet, but wa.s going to get :readyoQo • Can you rWl the ratchet, J olli;.? Ao os, siro Qo rmo r an t he r atchot in thoro? Ao Oblak ran the rat ehet o Qo Do ycu have any questions, 0 Kn.ill? Jlro lnill QUesti oningo John Samietz Answeringo Qo The l ast ti.mo you notic d August here rras ho? Ao He was &?"Ound t he ratch t et t ime I soo himo Qo Ah ad o you? Ao Back of • He was l ooking t or a shovelo I t ol.d him he doesn 1t have t o •• have one, but he went down there j ust the sam o Qo Did JOU see hill co back? J.o. Hoo Qo Jou didn't aee him? Ao lo, because I was shovel ing coal at the com er and around the pan line o Jlr. Jl1rray Qlleationingo J ohn Samietz Anneringo Qo You didn't eee the rock .tall, but. you. heard i to You had ,our bac~ to it o Yea, 'l1J3 back to it. A. �XHC • of ·Um ottL.,. 0 , oI 0 nckbill? p po =-:.d 1a' c~o~ aA 0, 0 pt" ); 0 . br-c.~O~ 1:, " flo 0 Ao cm UG"d 0 n o 6 b p ""' G OJ.ft; 0 0 Ao 0 L ... 0 .D.o Q Ao 0 Qo Oblak h" Ao I c uldn.tt finie ed, d John •• right J1e C . r �- 1- • •.:,., L'.'.::. - ~ CL, tho 1,0i't-ha...vi.d aide of the pan line? the lcft-hL,..~d ~i e o 1J Oblalt.: and George on t.he :ir.:lght hand hon ho tr;;nt. 'buck up th9~? aero w&o nothing t o shovolo 0 en • ·_ .:;:,d .:1 t1 x'o er.JS ~ stey out~ the understnnding nas t _, t ycu w.: ~.••. U!) L"\t ei that faco .here he t1as loading that coclo 1 Vidl• .J.1Ui4, "" t ,1d t,hram to stcy out. o _ ,_: ~ <i ':.J o t.1&0 no cool. to showl on the- right-hand sid.0 0 liro B • ~ e A t i c n:.uch stump tJa.E there bctneen the hl"Zclr<ZJr ancl tho ruiit? 0{1i'in: 10 o 1 . fcot b~b.'Jecn t he stt.!!Ep on.c.l tho bx--eclrer 'ftY:1 o Bug : . • it 'OOS 12 feet f~i)!;l the stump t o thG broa!tOl'"o I E.'.JOO~d it o 11 uas a t imber in O"' n ·on,!! about 8 fQ et from the b -. itcr ~'wo Jillr.l"li~ ~ues i oningo ~~ A'/.lB1ft~ingo 01.\rD.al!l 0 Qo raia.t is J'OU!' occupati on, Adam? Ao Unit. O=~~ o Qo v; re 10 ting as lli.ne Foreman on the night shift on llay 23rd? .lo Y• a airo Qo Adam. you ex.a.rained t he place., uill you t ell us h :t. condition you found i t 1no Ao I in t he pl.ace, I went. and l ooked up t here where the rock had r aUen and aw what h~ f allen on hi.mo I thought it might be a t atal ucide~ eo I made a sketch of ito I t old the telloa to hold t h DuckbW. k and told them to work on timbero Qi, What 1- 701U" opinion ot what occurred? .Ao JO' op1n1.on of it, 1s that. they were using the bar to puah the Duckb1 ]) ner, d whoever ueed it last t hrew it up in there and he nnt up there to get ito That ta JV opiniono How DIICb rock would 70u sq had fallen? .lo I took a i:aauurement of the :rock that tell on h1m, the t wo large pieceso I would _, each ono ot them weighed 400 powids o Qo �'-' !2..... {5 p ,,CQ001 • e •_.n 7.. 6n, c.s m::).i'!t~d 0 L o .o V.:.-~rl c a !~3 11 oo I.!.{ n th~ AS cetch. ~iie 46r.b one 18 11 wide and 1m o J.an rrldei 0 end, 0£ t .e x,uck end ell filOL'.J~li".:n:Gil.tOo X took hold of one jue 'l>in@ e111dq b 1:u.., g 'Om the face of the room nus this 1 ? 0 .~..'-'- 0 th0 ooeide:nt oecw-red'l \ I 0. f.7j!>iNJ>:rmm:t'.!.v:id~7 .400 fee •o 0 fQ ll:' timbe~., he.cl that pl. ce c~ved? us . " L'i:i,,tle bitg, about ;2,0 feet .fr-0m the broclre~ roTT to S p ;;(l Q ~ o t •. ·1 w ecatto,.,"d ,:u,ound there? ~ atu:>w the.I , acou.t e tirabers on the Qo Ao 6,/..... lef't side in the C Qo ·i n Ao y. th plaeo oafe? ur 0 ,; tb c1"dinaey? atM>ut. fiw f et above the tiober out in the open . . .&,i!!i,..~ t,hete could hav hoen few more tirebar plaeed behind out aight _"'5:'0 s . fl'C:.:!l the b akor i'Ol.'1 over, ~pace of . l'lad nothing to o itb him here he rras o Qo ~ , ,. ould not have be n anybody in thereo Ao Jloo Qo Do~· Ao loo Qo Do :,GU •, Ao lk,o quest.ions, Mro Knill? lfro ' ~ 1otl11"So Oeoi' - ,rabookllld • .&pneringo State ,our Da1!l8 plea.sell Ao G«>rge 'fr&);lookak1 S o Qo Qi, .lo Ythat 1a 1 occupat ion? Loading had maDo �[~ ---- --- fatally injur<ad~ - c.bout the o.ccidento go1ng to be Ghort a I · dontt kn u d get o new h0 et ted before, th p lino lit. le 211D and X told ,t I'd st up there and holp thio get this eor.u. onto In t imo~ Oblak tJOS h0 p line:, I might s r,r him cr@st.1' ov.:aI' the l !"'t, I ef • he Ci"ilascd ,, c p .l ine i'.o shovol. cOCll.o Onl3 thing eould find vas n a Q tho. ].og.u sid of t.he Dueltbill? • th · i h eid<.:io Oblak got kill€d about. six or eight fc~t O si: ..... -. Q 7 h In i t. of ;/ , '1 ,., Ye " SUo Qo • Qo. A.. You . ~ st ding e1t elose:r to the~ :tch t? I as hovw.ingo I . don it knou t7hat Oblak ns doing up there o A'O Do you have any qu.estiono~ Noo Qo Do you A. Oo Qo t l rQ Knill? have any' questioneJ> .®.-o Bro'm'i? • ~ Qu st1oningo LTle Add,f An eringo e a st :tement on the examination of the pl.ace2 Ao It 1 •t tlllch.., I s outoide on Hin Rescue Training n got rd t he m1i11118.6 hurt o I as at the nine hen hey bl'Ought him. out.6 and the. doctor wa.a up there at t _ s ~ o He said he mm pretty bad~ bui t.here was. no 1n ication that the man l!as going to dieo r;e packed up the breathing apparot uao 1ele n d I nt dOffll in the mine and ere down there appronmt l;' cm. h.cur after it happ edo A fellow sho,ed us ere the roek had tall n and ere·Oblak had been l,ying against. the t imber, and it I • mber co~tly, that p1aco ~ cut from tbe old c :ve cl ear down t o that Pl"9P o Thel"'S · quit a bit of l'Ocko It n tt down 1n that l ocality where Oblak as kl.Ued, it was cut trom up in this comer here, clear across he roof (1ndicat.ing on sketch) o 0 _; t,ylei, do ,ou wish to i) Jlax Oar!nt The lip roclt had Geor ge Trabookakis: eled right off the rib of that coalo The rock fell j ust llk a shoto 1 Some r ~ck must have .tall.en after we got him outa It showed the aUp · where t hat rock tall out, and that piece f rom tho t op end ot th r ib dom, there waa none thereo It .tell when were taking him outo Jlax 0~ �-10 ... the:ii"'"" as no coal at all, in fo.ct 1 tha ohole pl,:M:s ~ok~d to m,a that on the day shift. they t ook quite n to the breakero I figur,~d ue could leave that C."'tiono G • :te yo~ El rr ~ o nhel.eno Qo A., l he.t do you do in Noct 9 Se A i&ta.nt Forcmano o hi cc1dent oceUl'l."e on the night shift D but you 'G3re an the day shift prceGdi.r..g this shifto You had examined the place the L10ming bafore the afternoon shifto In your opinion Ao a~ oiro • sit being operated correctly? tlwn s the last tim you e:xaroin ti it? Ao Th corning b ...f'c~ .:1bout 8:15 0 Qo Qo t re they ,rorking on the stump then? b.o '?hoy re p~arma to cuto Qo You ere able to cut he pillar? Ao Up until the lest l:!:p Qo Bad 7ou had aey tro ro0r.1 in t,h{J territo. AC? were• after that it is too much o! a squeez o e dt.h rock brw.ldng this wa_y in this particular above that? o, s1ro Q~ !he plac was -.. 11 t A C! Yes~ Biro red in your opinion? cotil.d do to prevent a a1rn1 Ju- recurrence of this kind ot 811 accid t o Ao Since that happened, I p. orders to extend t he breaker line along the low side ot the last pocket. a A double ;.--0-.1 or t imber and extend the t imbero Qo .Ia there an,t,hing, T~ that �~-- (';._: ; :'\ ~.:.. -..; ... J Q' ~. . ..' 1.,~ T :.. '·. _ .. • '· -' IJ i,..~~~ i '..!.-:,ft i.~~o ~~--) , , n;,, • ' ·'?(i, .~ ...~~ _j. ~_ ~\J l1t,~ . ;\! ~ ~✓-\'3iJ rJ., .[ ~~~;,. ..) 4. :t ~ 6 -•~ • "[4• 6' r•• .. • _... ... . ... �tt~1~1c:~ ,:1 1 :;-;:t:.·.~-~ Jt:~;::.'.~c ,-!~1?. 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Q:: A: Q: A: Q: A: ~oe O u~ a · ec,,,.::i _ &illo TTo hnd it.. --I could plD.20 i n • McLeo t A: Kin~ tell a ) VickroJ'o Q: Row .long ;v 7' I rked for 11 Q: A: Q: A: How long !nYe you About 14 or l S d th ? 1a 29 and off ·on o 0 rk d wb In th re nll th t!a ? I haven't been t re all the tiaeo- Sin o th L ~t S~e.mb3r I baYe be in there ntirmo 'Jl o art or last ��.. " t,). U' Seo L Q~ s ~ :.1 l ("..n ~ .... C."MOOO tci"-t X o F 0 l:_k;,. 0 Q n ~ 0 ~~ rJg A: () �,.,, \ I �I:'2:i.~,, J"o!iJ. t-:. 1-Iur:!.1~:J !f ~ o {}}1~.. :,oQ OV{)~Jr, r:tr~ .!:\n !1:;~~ ( er; ~ 1 1':lrno.. -- 1:i'.";•c Go 11., 1~:J:1.itclo CC &. ~ Y;??C!Jo - tJ1~~ tic C. X,:i ·q'in ~G·(·~,: w:.~;. <J, ~- Cl .. Uu~''li:'qr 0,, C. BLa:r:1•0 ~' p. . r.,, K:1 i l i ~~~ E:ugh !2cl.cod) ' - ~-~ of' injuri en roca1 \"etl,. Original S~r!d , De rt BAYLESt �Lo ��C r. {'; ' C () �in 2?l O l 1,~_;:..::_r, -· · ,. ._ ~ . . rcL1 c ' .., .... c ., ,.' r, • r....._ _ L:,. 1 : '.) �o. .J • 0 ��Q ..,, Q ��4 0 '-.,..0 o. !Q.c~: -> {! • t ~,. ·o Q 0 C> 0 0 3C81 hio S, io clip -ue :1.o - ~»O �0 0 �.. _,... />' \ �( ,C GI ~!1;to (Ja fJQ p-~~.ruo ~r---c:. !1::.'c 'tl• () ~ :..7t\~i'O:? :·::~,. !! C~ Ll ,,tuc~otc:1 ;.1::-.. c n., :. ": K . ,,o~~ ih;,, Johll r . i.: lC r;::i) Q o- Original Si~nen. R.R. KNILL ���-o." -!~ "'-l- ~ 0 Jol)r1 Jo r :--.heD L:ro t} ., ~ - 'a . .\ ... 0 1· , o lG ..'~ ·i ·l ~l-Lt ·, '11.;er:; " C.1'1{ C: Original Signed: t ~, BAVUESS 2 ~-..nco. UG �.;.,.mEST!GATXON XrJTO 'IRE FATAL INJURY TO JASPER Ao McFADDENl) \'JHICH OCCURRED IN ..:'f l l mI:ilE (E ?t..4.hlE )» b.. SOUTH EMTRY,, JANUARY 6, 19440 O • TliO PBESfil~Q ~ H. Co 1ivingatonJ.l General Superintendent, Rock Springs::, V/yoming Vo Oo Mll.XTeyp Gen~rcl. ~uperintend@nt, Rock SprlngaJ) Wyoming R. • Saiety Engineer, Rock ~rings, Wyoming Thos. Overy, Sr. D Mine Superintendent, Roe k Springs J) Wyow.ing Willicm Sp::inco» Mine For ema.nJ) No. 11 lline, Rock Springs » Wyoming Charles Smithj) Facca.m.nni Noo ll Aline , Rock Springs.11 Wyoming Dave Smith.o clachine Manr No., 11 Mine ll Rock ,;;;prings 9 Wyoming John FI"-aeifil'ffiD &oc.ding Head Man, l~oo ll Mine, F..ock Spr ingsJ) Wyoming Hug~ tlct~odJ) Stat@ Coal Mine .Inspector, Rock Springs» ¥~yoming Imilll) Ho Co Livingston Xnquir-ing Da'\l'e Smith Ant:merlng Qo You ,1ere th0 IIBchins •man on Unit No o 39, 4 Sou.th Entry.I> No o 11 Hin21> E Plane, on the date of Ja.nua.ry 6, 1944 .at the time Ja-sper McFadden ,1as fatally injuNdJ> ·is that t rue? A. Yes, siro Will you tell us just exactly uhe.t you think hap~ned at thra tim:J he ,,as i1:1jured? Ao Well, it was just about the n ay it u as . All I could say ,;:1hat happenad was a piece of coal fell over and hit this fellowo AU t hree of us t1ere shoveling and it- just splatt~ired t1hen I rc!tlsed ui:, and l ooked o Q. q. Ao You feel it was the point of the pillar that turned over and struck McFadden? Well, t hat is the only nay it could have happened--it could have been sulphur which broke loos@ and rolled overo Qo How high i s the cool? Ao Six feet. There i s approx.imato].Jr t hree to four inches of a sulphur band in tha seam at this point ? Ao Ther e i s about three inchos, I guess, of sulphur lJ1 the top of ·hllat o The sulphur don ~t run continu.ally acrosso You m.11 hit one every no and then, maybe two feet from the top or two feet from the bottom, just mixed up. Q. Qo A. Q0 A. After t he fall of the pillar point, hem large rn>uld you ss:y the biggest piece o! coal and sulphur ould be laying on the floor of the room? Well, the biggest piece then was about 16 inches square , l guess" It weighed 1 imagin0 bet reen .30 and 40 pounds o The l eft side of Mro McFadden's body ould be exposed or facing t ouard the pillar p~intp is that correct? • tea, t he way he fell when he was shoveling-that left side l'JOuld have been right next t o it . �!:. Q The injury or eut on hi head uas on th~ left side., ,,4s it? YeeJJ six-. X didn.'t 0e0 no aerate.h es at all on the right side of his hsudo He f'@ll 'b ckt -·-:ds und d.(l.t:' the pitch, approximately the length of hi□ body.? is thni iright? " Well p he feU, 8. little further thrui the length of hio bodyo (. Qo Do you ho'i.r@ any qucast.iono ., Mr o Knill? o Knill questioning. Dave ~mith an \ ering. I>.. Was this th~ loot cut in the pillar? Yea., six>o I t nao the l ast cut here-this t1as t he finish of the pillru-. I took the me.chine out t o t h@ br-aold.ng entry. Q. Q. Wasn't it f inished t hen? • A. No, it was the last cut o Q. Had ~our machine cut t,hrough? Ao Yes.,, it cut througho Q. A. It had cut through'? It had cut down to a point but I had cleaned all of 1:.ha.t upo Q. This point was j ust l eft standing? Well, t he balance asn't cut through-I left about tm> feet there to protect it and keep it from fol.ling doun o A 0 Qo Ao Qo After you had cut, you shot. this coal and loaded out? I loaded out one round of shots and them moved my pan line out end shot back through, back up the pillar a little n ays, but i1here t he coe.l f ell it was about that wide at the bottom (indicating )o How mu.ch coal w e l ef t of the cut to lead out? Ao I don't remember now. Q0 I imagine about eight cara o You loaded about that many? Ao .about nine c ars ~ 0 Ao Was there. much vight on t he hol es? It had· taken weighto r~as the roof breaking or was it general Ao J ust weighto Q. sight? Q. Had there been much bumpinE; on thin particular stump? Ao Not on that · one we we:c-e working on-on the right side of the pillar. �r Did _yo 0 l o •o _o ~xa.~0 this stump or pick any l ooo-s coal off it? X pi cked all l ~ol!ld get of.f 0 \',hen it burst D did it nll burst out? "'h~ ~ni •' e t.hingo Q.. And _t fell tot✓-a.a.~ him? A" Who.t I cow.cl tell, H, i'GJll up t he pan line. . OD o Owe r.y D Sr a quGJstioning o D o Smith o.inm-;o ing . a ,, Which ua.y rrn.s h1; laying;, De.via, his head dom the hill? A.., Well.11 ~s j) h@ was l ay-l ng tlith his heo.d dotm hill 0 across the pitchJJ on his sidco '1" 0!1 uhicll s i de? A. On his r ight side,r-,jt!st i'<all ·you might say straight over. Qo o How fe.r do y ou think he h0.d b@en r.t !>VG that p:r~p nhere the sho 01 :m.s fotmd? He was shoveling by tuo props~pr ~ ty cl.ose==just about in the eentex- of the propa o o That 8 s al.lo o Oo D Murrey questioningo Smith ans eringo Qo \'lh t, wer e you doing at th 0 ti Ao Shovelingo '? Qo Di d you see t he coal foll? AQ No, I couldn°t see t he coal f ull-...! j l!St se(:ln the man laying o Qo Saw the mm down? o Qu Yes o Did you hear it fall? Ao .I heard it er ck and br<aalt m-ound- I uas dorm shoveling-and the pan line was runningo Qo o Q. Ao How mu.c h coal f ell? It l ooked like f our or five hundred p wids-don ~t t ou think,Chuck? (Inquiring of Charles Smith) iou think the coal struck him? I t was bound t o-just about the onl.1 thing that could have hit himo �f ~ 0 hOSc 'Jwe~y~ ST o quostion.ing . nve Smit ~~ Ao QUGD0~ing o Hem .fa.r-hc:r.11 nm.ch di0tancH:1 r.--as th~re betueen you and Mr. M~Foodr.m? L8t 9 s .-.c . D o.botAt six o T eight feet or a little furthe:r t.ha.n that ,, J. rn:1s neo.r-- the i'~ni Gnd o PiJJiam Spane~ que□ tioning o Dc,v0 Sru:th 0,., Ao o A. illw'e1°ing 0 You say how much coal fell? xi .l ed like nbout f'Ol.l!I; or tive htmdrcd pourttis but I , ru.dn~t D'J8BJ: to i.t--j- t llke I tolQ. you» sulphur ueighs thrse tim3s as much s coal doeG o It didn 9t, loo ~ likG that much 'wh0n ue mnt in the:No ThG pan line might have run a little before t7e cow.d sh it it off u~, it didn Vt run l ong ! krum o Ho Cc Livingston lnqw.ringo Charles ~mi.th Aneneringo Qo Mro Charles S.mith 0 you uere employrad as f2.cOJQ£m on Unit No u .39 t ~he t:im t his accident occtll"r-ad? Will you tell us ·your versicr of 1:ha:t ·happened at t he t ~ of this accident? A. I as Duckbill Opara.tor ~d h~ "Ras facelll9,!l bui -c;o rod no D•'.iltbill in t hers o We ~r0 shooiing it dotm~.m.a.d.0 one ll.°oo.nd of shot ss -hen 'a9 c u -and loaded it out o I drilled tho holes and s •• the pan u:c.de tho CL e.nd mi shot llild loaded out o Wher-e the shots pUl.l.Gd thx>nugh in the floor hr.ir0 i t hadn 1t been cut in tho buttomD 'it lof n li :tlG cturop W'lde:r the end of tho cut o fie stnrt@d ahovo~ after Da.v0 had picked i'.1 • th lco 0 coal he could get off it and atarted the S:7ivel going upn !le uas on t he left side and I t1as on the right side so r:a ere up just right alongside each othero I t1as g0tting i.h2 coal pi.ck~d l ooaG and tJaB going nf'ter a ahoiral of cool.:> straight.Gn<ald up and tU?'lled into the stump and 1 saw him-I could seo tho coal flying a.~und and he uas in n berr'<. position- ~ he as stiff and jmit turned and fell back dom the pro line a._nd he lit on his rlght hand sido sidenayo., HlS never did mov@ af'i ,er h'3 lit o Qa H011 much of th0 loDt cu.t ha.d not been drilled or shot I! .t t he t m oZ the accident? \i'ell 9 I imsgin~ it, cras about 6 feet-I r:ould imagine jt.St part of o. round of shots-it a up in front t hat ~adn 9 t . been ahoi yet o Ju.st s sma.11 A0 am.ou.rri; o Q. A 0 You had cut along the face of the pillar and you had drilled and shot out t he outside point and you still h a.d a big part of the out not shot dow :> is that right? e had th aeomd round of shota we had put in there and it asn Pt very :Jl.U.Ch left after we figured on shooting one more round of shot hol es o �"you r1ere 'th~ l oad:l.ng h€3d IT'.!ID en Unit 39 on the date of at th0 t :im.Sl of the accident illvol ving Jo.op...,r 1.bFc.d 0np L i1~ AQ \,Jo " "' Ao \;:lo Ao o H n. lo~ z. Gl o2 1. r ecl i n nnd ar und t he min<::s t:1 Li:e,. F cc:..wsi.'? .r. _c~ 0 at the Viell, i In ot.h0 ,o ds c o.ftGr the signal came to .... hut t h3 p:m lir;. J J. Tm, yo hut, the 11.!.dc E;!" 1 off and me~ . t (;jtrcdgM, up to tho norking ·"'ace? Yes 9 sh Did you h -lp t a.lt of th@ inj z,ed m~n? Ye Q., From yo .,, 02 or· 0nce in a..l'ld e.r cu.n t> s. CB "' flo o •he minec11> uld you scy tho r::nr good first aid ~t entio .? Ao ! ·c-;1ntl.d so:y co:, y s . Of c o rse he i dn Jt st to b. e2.th .... un:t. il th" J bz-ought him do to· t h • -ntry-until •. o blood. stw r.-d to sp 1. u u-c. of him d 1. took n ~mpty , ip ut ~ You had '"' str t che D bl D,.t1kc't.s » and cl.1 f irst ,., • d mate:d e.l to • c t cte ca1-e-e of hl.ma Xos 9 uir., o R o Knill. question• John f.rGeman - 'i ,€ring., i1 o A., n 0 i,. I"\ l o John, 11er 0 you up in t he pb,cG befor0 it n e.s shot dotm t h e oecond tic~? Yes 11 "'ir o Did yov.. sec Not> sir o about ".he pluco? Did it uJ1Tl$f:'7.' -;-,.... bo s~ " Iec, i .~ L , C. Li vingoton X quiring iam Spenc0 An ..... z-ing ., ;j_~ ;• i,1,i. 0 1:1t5 ..t io'1? Q i,. I• t.lr ., •i.ll.1am S ~ l~o, you ero the in0 Foremnn of R-ocl!: Sp ings No o 11 1'_ and t e re in the m1n3 t the tim.si of the accident to J asper He •add<.:m, o the dat o f J un .y 6:, 19440 \Jill yol.! tell. us .nat t w y o a •.,. ved a:l:-. the ::ic(me _d ;;: at you found 12.pon 8T val ih r e . 1ell 11 l didngt !mew anything ebout it tmti l they br ught this r.l.!!l'! , 11.t '· o �r •- 6 - -t-1 c c,~ I!l.:m vas haz, and oi't~x- thciy hnd taken him outside X i::-znt into -'.a.era ·thio hurt o I looked o..t th~ room nhm~o t he c oal fell and it ao ., \'i · U uhore anybody uas hurt . Qo fJ'ou d you. "' o,y· t hai norking conditions at the pl aco 1ero of a safe Ao Yes.i they looked safe 0nough t o meo Th0y had plent of ti - C"" np h0r0 -~ hey \", .re .10 king o X ~s in t here in the mo ning -;h<n they ere cutting t h i first c ut in and .! ncmt around and told then th t it looked to nn esbou 21 i'0et f'&"om cutting i.hrougho About, 8 aj0 in th"' moX'niJ.1.g, ever:ything look~d &ll right t hcan- t hey nera finished cutti ng t h0no X in.otru.ctcd them t o put that cut i n· and pull b· ck and if i.hcx> 'i.J2 • ~rthing 1.0ft. e ""Ould shoot i t on the s olid c Thea place ~ IJ.G D0ll ;,,imbei~d <').il. aloi:.ga Th0 0 ctldn 9t seem to be &1...y neight: X left tho p_· p3 otcmd.ing i h r(;) until t.oda.y=-it ha.dn ~-'° taken any n.aight t.o dey y,:::,t o I hnd the ch r.e'iolI'? pr~ps pullod out todeyo Q" A.a Hon long to your knoi-1l edge had J aopor l.foFadd.on t J.)X'!tG in the mi."1.e? I think he st arted hor @ a.round t he s n.rn.s t • -a as X otcxG,cd- 0tartcd Sept<E1.mber 25th-I think h0 just s artG;d t he cm efo e., Do.ve Smith Again Called Upon - Ho Co Livingston Inqt.dx-~ Qo A. s Would you car a to sey t hat this injury r:as due to inc1 :90ri .co? ! donvt knot1 about that o Cotu's e he had l ot s of - pez,fonc back hom.'3 nher c -the coa l uas only that high (indico.ting) but not chanical miningo VJhqm h0 fi rst st acted no king ue could.I'! t get him up closo to th\,) i' ace to ork at a ll I f~ally goi !cJs to n:.o,:re him to get him used to the mine and thGn he pu.t him in th0rs and ho don.a a nhole 0 lot better. But he got hurt le.st uinterD co fell on his foot and broke it and he got scsr~d . RQ R. ICnill inquiring. Do.ve Smith Ana ering. Q0 Would like t o ask this man~, as th0 pilL'.1r pock@t cnved a.bove th0 pillar you q er e orking? L':.a Yao. Q. 'i'herG uas no r ock other thM t he sulphur in this fo.ll? A. No . H. C. Livingston, I believe we have tak~n auf'ficiGnt ovidence to b~ing this investigation t o a close . �:m 1.HE CORQ;;l:sft oS COUH •~ IN J\ND 1.-0 SVlE!!;J;t'J TER COUN'I' 9 EJ.i'ORE J o WLLRDErJ OPIE j) CORONER o -\1 'il!'~ _.u\':'TER OP 'rHE DEA ·H Q'r JASPER Cf,\ \.DUJ@Ji rmo rrn.s INJURED 1J fflE U~HmJ PACif IC COAL COMPtlNt vS E=PLtUJE BINE ON Jb 1UJ\l1.Y 6 0 MID DIED ON JAr!UA..1'fil • OIB » i /J "4o .m"•~~~ Go ODQ im. and fo~ tho C~@ty of St:00tvnto ~ Staie gf o_ ., CQ at E=,P1u Oo Wt @~ D on • 0 nih day JOOi!C\r?Yv • CJ~f D C ·=d r ., , 03' O'.."--=.Oli20 d i'@lft.Jiln~:th Clix't~ Sm i~ D 1&0.b' •O">J~ Ll,p'.) at:~:d C0 t:iO i:· sioE>.? t ~:i , ...., citioom:i @f this Ca)un't',y r, to o.pp'.)eJ? t@ a@t as ju o G o. t.hi.s J.xiqi.aoat D and all @Z oai jitlZ@l?.s , 1 ~G !}s>osont 0 J o t· Uy _ru 5 ,D 'ir.hoy d.m_y q~ilifiod urld t"JOE>E.l 0w0 ·n 8.8 ir--Oq'Q.il:'otl by Thol?0":9"J D Drfo fo g :;~ rfii O !>.'tl ., GCll."&l'illil upE-)8.::LWd 0.0 "' 1il'r, GG/'J D OXAd a 0 tor ~ci ne ~ru..y neeoir&n5 to W \7 D te0tiffod no ·"'©l l@u :.:i a Ki ~ ~~0 G.c- otaCo y@m> f 'lfil ~ ~r::i? P o o ~eC~a&m o d @n Jruinney 6th 0 191.iko n 0 ·a you • i o m~no a mQ.;1 ~· nj&-vd m ~ho oiflo? od t@ ho E=Plano 1Jinn i ho fiQ!::..; @ii.' J nopo !.!c , oddon whl:ll had ' '.J(L f':.o I t @.G o q,, \'Jill you. ~all Mm . J Phnt @aueod dcni~? Ao Wh _ iho onn DOS !n D e.t E:; ol?ldit PO gai, t o i o s , £0.0 0 ho DM tm@Oi'!Seiou o . d it. had toon ~op§lftod th~t h0 ~ d Ho r100 loading !?ofuoo ii::::~ aiolyo n yota .l?ound ih0 □all end l.Ld 80 Gisuck a~ound iho hoaclo I @ o ocl tin io tide hoop! cu ~o~ ha hnd ~oon b!fOu ii t@ tho hospiiu Y o1IDEJinod hm furtttoi' ~d ho hnd a o!rull f&>aetYEo P a <klcp ic= eo in o~ tho I?ight sido~ alo a si!x> 1:1~0 hocoi?xaho.go 11 atoI? al ~l?aninl and oxt ir11al o I i 0aiod tho man o.nd 'P1li hio io "cl and ho ~ fairl y ts' ll; ir10 ldnye lntoir ho collapood 0 doai.b .follcwc!Q Ho nevo?? x-egained coE!!:lcicmm:woo e.t llEA¥ M.co 11 I preaWE0 i'lfC:l i.ho {;:.ic.3 ho as injU!'ed ?.mtll M.c'.;l of denth o Qu A. Ho di.(ld on th 10th, is tbat ~i t 0 D~ct or? Yeo o Thereupon, Da¥ Smith appeared as a witn as, and aft r being dul.l7 s orn according t.o la:, t atifi ed a.a follo s : Yro Opio: Ao Kindl.J stat e 7our .f'ull t10iil, Just Dav Smith D Smith? �• 0 0 do i r1 ou. l?o@aD... 0:i' mi nccirl ©h o c n x!oo J<} cachino ti ich .-. . volvcd tho dont 1 ci ; nt tic-J did t oat ~ 2'I on elo:.,o to 1 o 9 clo~lt 0 X ccm.1 ' 0 t but ~o i;vt rlo o i n iho l <B oll Y'-" nt3 cB'.ld about -, . - ..Y>y=t1vo Qo th.10 r2ari. et ic.-:- indioo. ,iii,,,,} o Ao \ Qo Ao Qo I.lo Qo \'Jlio Ao ODo Qo ~o 1 Y. t! it;.J [s X clft Vt :::in C i o X 0 0 ~ c:, oo ihni. I side o t oo d? and X j 0 1? ho h o X eo ho did., Qo o Yo didn 9 t l o c t ~ oc . hi,.;? oo on t h ~· htg he cat t ho o O og otr100n i~ and iho and ira.iood up ood I c U' ho hit p&>op �r ·o did ooo the coal oll ond hit him? , t ha: •. x'oll and hit hino 0 0 Ao o ~ do if :~m i"t 0 o hio • ~!I o oido? ido O his h ad doria he o ( ndionti G) ~ H - 0 •d -~ 0, pc.i • " to Ot½ 'fhnt he u ·vd i1 ing to got ol.lt @i ad x'nl1 n bncl---12-1.~iliJ aR ho ric:..Y O!' tl a ~ al hii hi~ M.rao ©~8 of '·.h0 shcve1? co orod up 0 ·tho iahovel part» tho hs.ndle 1,73.s te.bn cuto sit•;; =pa of 1t hung . '-'- pt"OPo Q"' Ao As thou J:i; ca.'!l M on e p p r. on I do. Qi !~OTT o o ,aov0d ba k? Go \'lo.a ho o ·or ablo to alk? lla \ hon I pi(Jkccl hio iap ho nas dead" j st aoo ·t as r>igM, no ,o I t C.51 ad his L'c1co a .d got h:JD broat ho io he n tJGJ;> did e~::i toe J Ac Juoi hon. fln'ii" rTetfo you st ding .E Net o~o~ th~00 o t a Any rr~alt in ihe Ao Not 00 D eh ~oe Qo n hi t tho 1 ? What do yo think iho ool. ,.si hod I :10uldn 1t eu or to th t 0 I donii, 1m ~ th i sulp 'Ill" t,0:l be about A. th!? o Qo A. Q. Ao Mr o cal? G sul h Qo 0 ch no tho e a!.o Tho eoal 0000 f -o~ to iac0? Fro~ iho a uop i i i od l oooo all. nt onoot beat I oou.ld soo . If I .:ran b0x> rl ght 9 do you start f on th bact~ oido of tho p:illa:.' orSt.art. coing up nit tho pin. Hc.d tho si:.U!:lp be n ou ? Ao ?lot e it .f'oll 0 a place thnt uide had ne cu ion pointo cLeod: Qo Jo.a the any w rhanging top t' b0 n outi, on.l? Ao IJot too a~ful rauch o I picked on hct ond picked o o thought \rould fell dotm and !i. nas hin3 I hon t olpod thorn shov l up ihFJ coal o Did it bump 9 or jusi slide ~ i out any noiao? . Ao It must have ma.do a little noisov you could hoa~ tho ~inbc 0 pop Qo every one bump d. in a hilo. The 0 JP on tho li."i ht of Id or �Qo /J, a Woo thGil?@ a~ori.o Sh<roling ahead ox' hiEl? <1a Ao Tho ©@.al didn i i x'all t Jh0E>0 you nox>o noz,kiilg? X tas ut th~ i'aco uhen the man got hu~ 0 Xt j~si foll kind of dotm the hill toua~da tho imm ljn0 0 Tho ou ~nv Che.Irles Smith app013.z,ed as a m.tness D ru1d afie!' boing duly e:1om g to lo.wi, testified taS i'ollo'tm: . ' QQ@Ox>m llx>o O oi ~o Qo Ao Qo K , state yoUX' x'ull naoe'? C rurleo Lo Smitho You ~eaida hero ct E=P1a~o? N@ 0 ! live in tormo And you aro omp1oycd by ·ho U~ion Pneifie Ccru Cc~9r1 y oui at E=Ploo0? Ao 'xceo Oo Worci rou o:. ldn~ in t o o tho . this acd nt vbi ch invols;rod the doa -ll of J ope .i Fa~d ? Ao Yeot) Sli' o c irr:-od Go aha d aud toll tho Ju y ihat Y' J 1:-v,.on of t,imis aee:ld nt? Ao W ll 9 t hat moming I r;ont in and . ci oho shots to i tho pi doung a l it.'1:,!o stump 'was le "ib e. 1 "tt o .etw:ip tho sh s sho. i ~0 We ere l oadi ng the ~oru. onto 'Tho 2Se W'J=□an pi.©lmcl at it "' ti. pickecl all ho could possi bly got off. d I u~s on ih0 right hand aid of the JlSll.t> ho t1a.s on the lef'\'.. E -...:TI no oho 1clingo I ihou ht I heard it brealt l oose and raised up l).ld l oo_od ovo and by that t ime it had hit himo Ho uas kind o bcni o 'lli'v lcoJ:0d l.iko t.o m he had tallen baelmlli'ds o I run back and stopped iho pan and done what •e could fox- hirno Qo 0 Qo . From what you seen of this accident do you ihink tho ean uas hit · with t he coals, or tms tx-ying io get ane.y f &"om it and injured himself? Ao U, bel i et is the cnsl hit him; the coel that fell hit hifil is~ belief . JU17: Did he have his back to th.o eoal? A. He was facing th coalt shoveling up tho poo lino. Ther eupon, John Freeman appea:rod as a wit noos 0 ancl -ai'iox- bang dul y a om according to l&Yl t estified as x'olloust Mr. Opie: A. Q. A.. Kindly stat e your full nam? John M. Free.man. You reside at Rock S ., --1gs , v;yotu!l,:, Y••• air. ho �? " t es E a ho onc=h0 i ' 100.do~ c 1.'!c nt ·hc::.c!~ t.o cl .,.,, p '·ho c d of:k tho r:.~io:.· ~ g n boll an u • , nd got ~Q. cdn°t b e:.'l up , n· t tho .cot ~ of d nll elo~>18d ·h Pas bathing ~ ·::::: o 2.1\.,ci? .. 0y ohot, u!11il nii.'·. " J• Ao ng ' o iJ. oopy of t o i· .._.,, tion oto.i-c~ ... i t. nho uao 'm'Ul. l o 'to "'he 'i' o Kt?i. ho Ju D o t.o t oi I 1 o orJJ.Cd;,_,P o 4 F:lrot. aid r,no dorod 0 and .i a to b-::i ru.s od tr, tho hospi odin oly to~on Ol.\'G nl G Since ol y (Signatl) Hen 0 �a.nd (t'""'U!J. r'?~S'.~C iJ Ju...., 'Op p . QC ·ocl tho .io . 1:1q 1 cs◊, ::i o 'c:.,..,cdg THE .S'E ATE O . 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Oo CLARK l:.IDJED 15 S.i!!AM9 SUPERIO:R. 0 VRomNGD J tr.!X 22 0 19.i:,~ g Vo Oo li~·lf'ay c Gano al Sh1poi?inicmdoutD Rook SpriugoD tyCJ.il.~ Ro Ro. IwllJ> Sai'eiy Engll-00:&" .!> Rock Spxa~o 9 l~yo.c-;;,·· r Ck~ [i,o Ao • ~ 0 l'lino Sup0i'm~enden:t O Sup-.)sio ., 9 Uyo r. Jo o 1Tn_ D lli.n0 Fe GD9.ni) Do Oo Cl~k ~ - D Su ric D \""ij ~~ Jo:J o •□t'1Di(\h.:i lYio't@~9 Do Oo 018.l""lt Mino 0 SU1nzrl©. D \ ·wt:r;JiE!.~ llU: ~ Ge ~f],0 0 Mot.o~.o- Do Oo . Cle,x>k r.fuleil ·usie;;iol" 0 Hy .:-:.:L.'11.g ~o Oo . a'y' ·il?.q~ llilt •! l Go go l\,oow0E"ii!g Qo ~ \JlIB'i, is yo t]nr.r.:i? M:Uion G00&"~ o Qo ~e:t:. io yct'UJi:' Ao tKoio ~ Q<> 30Upc.tion? U~i>S you , ·rld.ng in 1.5 Seara9 Do Oo Clai>k_'.) fa.MJ.ly illjUl"Eld? 011 Ce~tan{;0 .!ulsoloi \-W. Ao :Iei,~ Will JOU t e l l us nhat you trare doing up io al.'! incl.uding i 0 M ,-o o iho accident? Ao Wellp _ 1'l8re changing the first 'l.rip irra the r.:.~rn.ingo TI'o 'CC:I;>O bc<3~ the man in on a motoro \7 took ihe ixa-lp lrods out an.cl pooued -ho u_ t where we could push th· so that the po eould g'3t holii of th0.0 o. cl the man who was kill~d as ther a.t the ~ing TTi :-.h , wa o '00 t,oss;1 blcc~ Oar& o He helped nth thamo After .that D I tmlked dcnn 'i.O tho fil '' o Constante remain•t\. where h s 0 1 toolt iue ce"Gor cm.d 11,@ld ·~' o r:~t~ to go on downo As eoon as I pullod off io go ci'tei:' tho G iich 9 X w•T .; attar the red laape o It a the .ll3.St t-ripo onatani0 woo still t'n.·:-'X'0 when I walked back . UPo I h0ard· the ro~ ridor go up mt_ t he eoyi::,y t1fi!)o l'Jhen I was going with the red ~t" I told Co?1.Sianto to iGll tho ¼'~ • rider not to stop the trip until oo pulled the •ampM. oe out o /Aft(al~ I told him that 9 I hung th d light on the firot cr:l%Y cc.r G.l'ld .2.aoed the trip and th motorD then I threw' th0 omtc. o i.J ~n I t~li>0u t •o 1:::rm.i c D •. the motorman started up uith the eapty \".I>ipo Tolm.ch CS!ri:8 p:ist ib0 0Dit. ~ e and I got on the motor besidv hi.mo Ue had jt1St go!!';) "" little hii u. Oo'-1 I oau the trip of loads oovmg twar<lo US o Both tX'ipa r:e:i'e go:infg t,qy,-r~d the same owitch end I told Tolmich to sps:;:id up tha ~oior so t,_at \70 t.0uldn 11 t get locked up 0 Aft.or t.e cl0ored the last eGl" o the srtl:te. ~nd I told him to stop and he dido \'Jhen 1ffl 'tiGlllt b~cb:0 I ne.lked botno0ti tho tripe and ffll.D going to couple the empt,io ·~o the loD.ds to push th~ to tho hillo I missed Constanteo .He TTaS auppo to l: s in th0 :, . ~~o • I coul.dn Ot find h1mo Ho had b3et1 run cner by th13 'CThGolo of -~he t&>:lp 0 Q i> Qo How JllarW coro Ao S0ve110 re on your- 102.d ~ trip? You· block ·i.;tooe •out frcm the inside? A.., YU J O i ho ins:f.dt,o ~ 0 �'~~ ij~n did you bl e youg, eoJ.-o'?· Ao Pl~ il3 iirubor -f ~@m ine Q.:. • x io.t .; r. o t ho ourft'§ t :ro,ek? A ., YCP 0 Q,• • .At 1.\,0 C'"' ~. J ~t 1 e8.E" t~ a tio @n the @p t o r:bool ~n t ho 6th @ai> of "i:.hGJ l or.dod trip'? A0 Dhc; . ., ©ou.0i 0llto do:mg t.hen you la.Gt Ge:,.:; hir:l? Hu t---'3 j0t □'tiBU~g 'th 01?0 helping blc~k t h0 Y.lr'ip0 Q,-. ~c fu, • Oy Q" i i o i~~ek 0 die.ti 01:, 080 th0 10-.2do i>mi f:N0F1 him? Q.1 • '8 did y 0"-.1 bloelt th0 loo"ds ~0ir0? .. Ecca\.Wo it io lwld ox' ota p and if ~ tl©i:llci blccll: thcm t hoy Dill go b~cl~<> A, , Bou do you ~ bl~k the @e&a? Ao ~:he special. block . is 'W:luall.y thero tg b~!t t ho e~a bui it. -crao i@wn up 0 Wo ~ block t hem this ~ "tm.M ..l th0 do.y bofo&e th0 nee:ld0nt f) i t \m/.J torn outo Qc-. b ck £iro Brown questioning CL . You med a brake and o. f. o Jvdg0 to blc b: toot i..o8fOt" ? Y es o lwo Uurrq quuti oniJ13 Qr, That 'RU the tint trip you brought out that morning? A.;, Yu 1 it \'18B loaded out the night b f oreo Hro Brown questioning Q., • Where did you stand A.- On t he motoro en th trip ms coming? were eigilt empty oars on tli track? Qo There Qo l OU were ~ . . g '7=0ar t rip3 that &w? ~ Yeao Q.-. You nmst have baen pre.cticall.y 200 f eet o. t he inei de of the switch l1hel!1 you 11a: t he loads coming outo A., ! don 7 t lmow m ether th r~ uere 7 or 88 I think 7 o A Q<J Ho ') I bad juat gotten on t h mQtor whGll I looked bscko ·, was 150 fe tram \?here you uere i.orkiug t o uh.ere the car ~as and you see Constant~.o Where nr-o yfYll • en you sa; him? You didn 6 t s0 L'Xf3 more ot him after he l:38 on t bl.ock? didJ1Vt Ac; Mo,p t he.t WM the l:J.ot time Isa: hl.mo �blccld1ug ·1.~ o::io t::i ::i 3 1.1ou. roetl thoso dti'x'0x-an·~ fil~thoda O by rrodgoo 9 ·ill -. l"'O '.J -'fDox-eint ·1:.hL"lrI-3 ? Do 'U!Jed ihooo at li:?0s-0_ ·t i1m;e 0 Q., to jmt tJh~t he.pp3n0d ui1en you s 0t. the.t px,op in thel"e 0 vhon ·t tat px>op in th.c:;-."'e ae:roos iho t!?aek? Tako for exE.l.l!iplo :ii , _ 21 ·'- 7':'[].Gk axti you. iruce th<a pE"OPo \'Jrwn you placo that. b~aco o.c •O::J 'the Q~ tJ100l 9 cl:ld you dx>op your motoE> tm'i:.il it was t:1.gM,? Ao :logo .o \ ..._Q ,. Q~ 'illox>o were LO c~s oi'l t he ~acko_ Yeu diwi o-;:., huve a.vry n:.oro bloclm bss:tdo t.hGJ ono p-op? You dicln~i s0t any brakes? A0 tl@o Qo Dtd you havo an..y m?e tz;ip3 e ,,e back on you hen you oet it uithou.t bl eclfD '? ~t i @ Y.hG fl..A"st ( l ~_o ~ o rJ@.!l Qo Ao Did t hQ &" po x>idei"' stop ii3 'th9?e e:il'9' til:J.0 that IJ.OH!i~? NoJ I d@Eoi b01ieve he had tir::::>o Qo Ytiu don~t knou Tihat ho had in that t~.p he had bE?tmgM, up and do'OXl tho slope? Ao Noo • llro l.'lurray quest ioning Qo Thia w a t ha first t rip y ou bi>ougb:t out. fx>on ihat entey? Ao Y S o Ro Knill quest ioning waa ·there ample clearance betueen the t xaa.elta? o .R.o Qo Ao Ye ~ \'Jere you able t o 00e t he t.raek!J fron th<a ovei'east.? Ao Y a<> Qo Was · the pai'ting 11 lighted? Yea, could oe fx:>om ~,11er0 ue wre going to ra>rk on the oveNast to ·the Qo A0 ll18lllmYo ~ o Brown r emarls:a : That is about. a distam:c of 400 ie t o liro llun~ questioning Qo That tm.s a. 7 0 prop you u ere w;iElg? Ao Y GS 9 llr a B!own questioning Q., ;Jhat do you thinkD in your opinion 9 ihat Constante did t o g et rn0'l' that track? A. 11 1hare are. c,nly t w things for hilil t o have dona 9 that uaa that tho trip Co:!!l=> iDg back and he stepped on the firsi cor in o1'41 r to set the brllk and another thing he mo.y have b.en ucl.ldag along oide the track and ;i-1 d t o got awcy from it and the i w of the -re coming there., but I ca.not s~ ~hat he did thuto �'ir.. 0 \.'.·222\ ~? :.lrrvc • :;r:::. d.om i.10 b :~: Lo Joe 0 0 - 0 flo Qo P.-o 0 fJo~o you 1.:· ldng GOo ,'-'re yot!. cl©i ihnt dr:,;y? 'That ut:J.y •• o ~ ·i::,cld , iho&"o m'!ia uao 070' • to shm:1 x;:e h~n to d (!,@ 0 c • o (,0 ti r.1 a ic;ild ~ to S@ 0o micouplcd ··no 0 0 c@<J.plod the _ ,,ie E.O t@ OPJ~ p itw i ,7 " oiopy3d by th~ dQ r:vtoI?o sut',ell io g·g 'J o n:g;,to and H0 b.nd O!E:'.8L, ,, t ':) f i'i> t l@adod t&ip ocm:,-;:i . '{, f @ ' i ' C Zl.!3 i G l o H o 0 .o \ . ~ l " O woo mid t 0 0 Did you 0€'.) (J 10 o~ 0 I ju.a y u mrJ.t b-.'.l! k and c@u c a.u i . 0 lo'-'-ds ~ hack? liro Ro Ro Kmll. qiiC • iorw,g q,, • you o o.ok tho 0 t lmcmo t he bralt on t 1e l o. I ot t i or a ) �r • -------- ,O - 0 I) 0 V 0 8 LJ Co rF Ao io ? 0 0 �,_-;. . '""o.io d tho li to Q' :ip ' t1J.o OGpG;;;" i&>i Po ~ ~o C..,o f-.-0 Qo AQ t1o ox;~3if:lo &od ra.'llJ. l?? iho hoict p X 'i!OO b:lo. of :? 2nd en fo-::o ...:...:..u;.!..!1,1,,:·...; 3.rl:V~t~ entey o Q> GOW.cl UD O hio .;,l1..,~:9t \) H0 .t..O '2: -J- "J.. ·, , u. "'~io pnsat:'wg? Yo 9 o • Qf'l u.o o. @f' • o.i cloal of , Qc oo n tho s1o -o Ho o. t k in tho o'i.@ppingo o He · had ail oio iug mli o o jt1.ot t~'l:.od tc cing ou~ ii i e 1 o. :rm e o Oif' © ito ontey IJ.a.nY tmoo o Ho tus fonili& t~.:t o- oz;yth g/J "v'O'&'Y x'acl.liri rd.th tho b l ~o o Bi"~l n-~h:J : .C:.C.3 o 1:1 o t:·, Ro ey quostio~ 11.8ml naarroruig .at 1d of blacking did you o. I'i:. s o. bli ck ~de of oo G t O tio m3:,h n holo and o. pin _ElbOUY. 2 0 l@..""!go Uo alwyo ""'C i hi0 b t o day b fo o It is your pillion t at i f tbirJ t!'ip ood boon bl@eltcd::, ~hoX"o uouldJ."'!oi , ave been aeythi!Jg to ii? • If tboy hud p t their 'bloeko m 'C.hG~0 th0 1ay th el .- :yo uoe te 0 Thre r~ o hold thai tri @f 9 eOJ:o ihore yostGA-day nhon I mo~ thereo __., Tl· etat d thoy 1a.o. 0d a i'oh o_ . They had ol: a oet the x, 0 thoro cm.! 'e3Cd tho blo.:l,., e.ntl had ns er aeon th do i i thio o �t he , 1'.' rs (Jg; ::,.•. r; in and goc Sr;a °;'j " County p z;>i.O r, b3x'OiI'G 'I) .· 11.Sli;'., or {·. ~o deat _1 of C nstw'?.t'.) •·.-::,.. ldll.:ad :'L11 th Do :'lo Clar:.;; !.:•· ~.c. :::_~ · y 2? td, 19!_.3 t.t 0 ~~3ZtTTnto~ Cc~~tyt, V&O~o .,. t.::c el::::. :~e 0 . - •• -=·- Co • yo:uing o; - d D2; t• of: ~ •• he 2L; E:-,y , 'J.:ip. g u~ • 1> to upperu."' ,, i 1,.l @f S ' icl mi.cl t70. •:, &10m an s l -,1:;., d $tr. o C cd QG a t4.tne::lSg u..i1d 2J:> '., e ~ fo o :,o, ,. G2.irf; a l a " Q O.. J w.y 22n 9 . .. I t,- 91<~9 ne e yo e o. .,... m:d for A , I • . dCi" lo NJlo t as the p~· ·Y t h t lo u .cenn h0 nem<e? aD in ti, Qi c..,CCM.e~ 1v? C not m,:te Anoelrn!o I • c v,,se of rJh' ~ ,vou id ed this r.J&_ '? , mo.de e, perx'icial exem.ination to detGX'I.idne ; la"ii r: on I mcie e. complete check-ovel." o !o t=. ? you t0ll t i 0 J f~o Ao Q. .. t yo the ms.n dOad men ycu fix-1::rt e:mmin~d him? !eoo Qo t'iha.t did t he cnt9.mination dioclooe l'.3.ta on? Ao here was a - .ellp bia le boey' nLQr-3 ox- less br uiseUo he right si de of bin he::i.d h!l.d n large scalp 4 t.md a s • 'f'1 lf:1.ve by su i nch~ ot- s~D Md his right ear hnd a cut» oo a 11 V11 shap d g abo The la.ft e r a practicaJ.11 ,.. ~d f �t/:s body 1:. st entiTielyD a laI>ga ab&>esion in. front of the GO.Z' e.pp }OJ11Dtely tr:m inches in . diameter; 01t.tensive bruising o:r tho cheot!) especia.lly maxoked 120 the lAppozi left. sidGo (;;heat 1.a. ~X"u.sh:ed . The 'Gissu<as of the eek ,7eco -· cticclJ.y all ceverG:d/) including the spinll.l colwrtnD ino.1. osd0 c, d all the tiss'l!es of tho n0cl <.m~o 'i:. n £ell ,• the bi::,Ck and a little Diz.ino T s lo.it 1o13 ,1..,0 ~ ._e • nUy csvered Z x-01u the body j st cl>ovo the ru e j • t.o j'lWt held by e. i'et1 stI"ands of iiios11..eo The ::i:1ghi '-' l ie sho,1.ad a, ccr.i.po~d disloeation. T! c tibia b e v1es \!.ding qu:~:~e a distanceD . '1d her~ as a faiT good= · d. go.sh on the posteriori' ox' th~ :right 1.1.andll e. J.ai.->ge 11 v11 o n 0 m~a fil0I'~ly of the skino That; pz,actio 7 inelud00 ,he Z &gs o ~i'J~ o being d y i,; • nt 'i. oud yol],. say hr;d CStllilGd dGath? h0 C.i;·uahing of the necko :g queot:kino en[! nGJ ~1iohes to ask? 'l'hct vs all Do~toX". Thel"-:Jup<mD Milt<'.ln a-~o~l;;)e appr:;OJr~d o. u.i.tness D ood afte , ✓ en ecoruing to le: iv t,(a)atUied ao follo. 03 ~dlY state yc'l!T full no.m.~? OOton-G~og,ge o Where do you live? Sup9r.iOX'p i· omingo And by rihQ!!l ~ you employ ? Um.on Pacific Conl Co , ~~ o Qo What mi,nG do y~u t: l"2t in? Ao Do Oo Clarlto Do yQu roeru.l on July 22nd, 1943P of a f'ntal oocident nhich c curred in th :t nin? Ao ieso Q. Qo A. dwho r:aa the p y inwlved in~ is accident? Constante .Ans lmio Qo And in wh t part of th mine did 'thio accident occur? Fi,fte n Seam., S rro:rth Ent Ao Qv A,, Q. A. ~d this ceici nt happ ncd. about 8:15 o ' clock? X lmow e. little fter oigl'ri'.t, bat not oure eno iho alJ. re orldng in that part of t he mine0 around or close by? ho o.ll ere :t:he one n arest was .11\YS<Dli' and the man being brokG in o the motor. �o G othe~ 111:J.:U? -. • • c· o o eech:&.ng 'tbi.fai mm b.ot1 to ,. . ...,z,o.te the E.ot o ? tho a9tok--~ ,., e J"IAey r:-hat. you -vJecO doing at t he t :l-rr.~ - s D.'1!@i" e t Ct! --.;:d? 01.>0 chane.mg e. tripD got ,r,at l @aded. on@ to ch!l,nge . cm • ·c,rip of efil~ tireoo l'Jo fo~!{ the locdo ?. p to Dh~:x--"' r:B shotilil 3 -..:i the 0' co d g~i ld og thorn d 0ft. a t;$ll.'l. . e~. the ee.J:?a o Q.. o o Ao cl you block these "-&>~? fle s ci, timboz,D OC;;'ifc; f oot tiEl.hcair>0 o.n0 E cl o_gamst ·tho 1~....ds and i-he o·U-10r e d n st t i ~o On 1.e e,ppi)1;Jj3;,0 t....,2.clf? Q 0. t G in bs't v6&! 0 •. lf.J,C Si, tmc t [).,;) n aE GD O 0 Ao Hoi7 t:.:!El§' l ondcd CE1r-B -r;~ o!fo e o <do Io ihnt the t:: Ao H~d beenD Qo Q. A Ao tie had b~c M o Opie: .t eyi 000 t,-;::i U!J n a • • w Uwt o.o n □ nfo t. o bloc ~ those el.\lfs? V;;o cwno it for siJ: t:c"'"'r~s that . o <Z-o on i th yt>Ul' sto_ y? A. n - • ,::.· ""':lC0 ,. othor tm,u of b-0~ · Did yo' ffoll t o b1.r.ek t o )Jheo!. of 1e finished b!i cf •mg the cara X unco pl- the motor and tol Tolmich to t . 'lihe c.otor - g for o empties and I -ont for the x·eti light t.hich -re two on the end of a ti--ip o J:i:, was on tho laot t PD la t corD pt!t on the le.o car of ~ptieso rJh I m1a co f'!. it!l t.he x,ed light I met Cozwtante, he . ot ding uhe ue bl.cc '"'d the cerao l told him to tell th0 - 0 rider ot to drop the car... until e @t the Empties out o 1.'h<; pe rider nae going y jllSt then oing uphruo After that I . nt on :p rmlked alongside the em!lt ~o to the o 2.teh and men the_ lo_d come by that :tch l j~cd. on right behind tho m.otoro I guess , hai e no ehout 10 or 12 feet e.nd I . glanced b ck ond a . t.his other trip eoildng do . the hill aft.or it b e locseo �I ---------- ~--------., , Op o g IA Did Y()U e~o C@nstonte Anoelmi ihen? rloD ! didn 3t ~ee him. or his light 9ithex-i) just sn1.1 the tlfip m.o'l.J g 0 is allo X told To , ch to ope~d up ih0 motor ~ 't"i~INll both gQing to\18.-l"dG the mit.eh OD. ti"hen the 1&!3''- car 'i:.~G c l.0 -~d b t«)ld him 'W st~pD he dido X i:J G bac~ to n @ uplc thooe empc.r. es and push th<am l.!.p the hill ago.in :.:nd J 1 :it GS X got to the z'ix,Bt ear I smelled. som.~t inn som:-zwheI'"', or Q,omeihing a.riJi ! misJsecil Constanta then. o I ~1a.1.ked ~p ti o slope to seo if he t1as ~;he1r-3 around hQ tmon W t . X o!~ed wuie:11"' that fh>st eD.X"D that is t1h0 e fo~1d Uiilo i·Jh:,t w-as Constante• s pUI'pose of x--a.1J1Eining behiri.dp ruzy l"'eason • oz, that? Ye 'o on the trip of empties th~re n:i.s a trneh: load of pruis 0 -• .,~ro @ing to ®load them t:"hm."'€ they wa:rr~ bt!ild~ ox> ,1 •. ,,.e.ng o ·~ r~ast and l"Je had i-o pv.t the pans over the i,., ti!.ley l in.2i cmd <e , re going to t-al~e -i 0 pans off as soon ao tho p::>we&" oo shmt offD b'l!.t r,-a ne ;,er go'i toot far . Qo 1·~ G Constante ~ing ic sh r, the poYiex- o:lf '1 Ao Yeao Qo Ao Whor~ nns he st.ending tl't9 lest 'Qm:) ~u S8Vl hli.n? Just Uttle ubove ., a r~· P.' t;0 s0 o Qo ln bet r0cn tho fa:o t. ·c\C ~0 0 :io i_ a. H,? Ao Yes o Qo Do you lmc.J of A. ~ Oo Q. Don 9t lm • of Don 9t kn of A. Hr. McLeodt A. Q.. A. . l:J e thai sa hm n the t&"ack? c o this accident cmc '1 llro Georgob ~ .long h you. that r!.Otor in No o 5 t1r3? I'm not sure i7. .GJthei" it uas Octobo o f:!o'ireliber of l~st m.ntero was tha.t yo v hod of blocking ears all the ti.E.'3? tlo 0 not all the time; han I first star-lied. cre ussd TI ages.!) dge wider o.eh l until _this man part, in blacks a th.o man that ae killcd o 'l'he r-egular blocld.ng to blcck the @a..s v,as tore do o 'Ao How long bad it. been tom do ? Tore out. about six clcs e.gc> o Q. Did you report it A. Yes o Q. en i t. nas toro out? Thereupon, Williom OVer.v app red as t1ltness P and &t,0t• being duly sworn acco1'ling to law, testified ae f ollo 1 • �I 2:-G@o- ,_1 , '(;'.'::\. c; 1• . G1 C~:D " Ji .,o tL CJ .t. ..... 0 cr:T<l ':1,8:!Q:? • C ... __. c ::.1 ..,. ,"\ ~ _.so?. 0 {;.!) :1 "~C Qo -0 w D ;Q\, El 11 Qo C.!i a c_ 0 t} ' \i «'>JJ. ._ '2'L r' &;, Qr; /J,o rio ,., ·t1 <; Co & ~ J' a C. i..~ 0 re-.1!) rdi m 0 J (I 0 0 . . & Qo Ao . t 8 11 ~ VGU 11 0 outi h ? ? DC dugti;-bi..:,) �J () Ao ~," ' -n yo co. ,e 0 -..:.' • , a /J. l'J C,1, 0 "thio L - ~ t," _;; ! t 10-3 .,ez: yo CSo ? " s . blotL8 ,. ~:fC,_') o "· 0 d 0 the t • :90'.? �Co..-dl. 0 s ,-.",et1'iL"O.phG'.l:" 9 io c true ~,,, ~ 9!:-3 0 tD OJ Co Ph: ilps ict e; tho closr· o -ho f:t, C {Sgdo) ......,..,,_~dCCh:Yodrui~twi"_ hsr~.:>z,- d GOl"'i ct t <- ni: 11~ 0 r: d IL-,d.s " Gt~~ C jm:· /. C. i s-:----iQ.... ., • sg n ✓~.,..,s �I sot t !t it 1s not vaa ibl e will • e able to hol bl-o not bee al toget or tom out. I Uat: ct 1,y ~i th t a bloak luJ bem ued 1 cons still , ot do ti t'!"lloka ,1 t a .aft Corm thro (1ft the ieh ooula be thl"O'llll apinst tha --. IJlt1ahub._ al to bl.oak tillN and • • out at t.! e ti:!-• ot �~.. 1._ . :t '-~ ':"t" ,, :iL �Ber, old re o. ot • or th cros amt 111 to • D - !lie aotor ftllt 111. ..... :1 ed the tad ot i l■ • • atqla J)l.a-. hlllllla. . b I) - to . 111"1 bloak: the l.C>aee4 a n _, t tr . . . •llrlaa CIII 'Ille O;W f N 1 nJ. I t> • t tk . 'rlll r.,proxt atal.J' ., �the otor (in 1 o). •Wf b 6 . "•* l 1np "Ji tr1 • al.lo h1• '° llbwt ,o feet .....,,, •• e n1 ..,. Htll -,outlll• for a-.. • . . th 1 •• uld tra • ne 8J' Origi:Ral S ignecll R. R. !(NILL ��c;:, _.'o .... 62 .L_--e."Jo . '3 L ~ 1 ··· • Original SignGd: \. N. BAYLESS Per f::,. B. �DlRs'i'IGATI OIJ TIIT THE I?ATtJ... IIDJ'UR' .. ,s 'I'O srmm s VJOOD SJ WHICH OCCUW.J.ID Im 4 , r.llNE D 19 NOR:ill JZJ'ki.ti J) JUU: 9 [.) 19~3 : O ' 0 r:;i OSE PRESfil·L. g tr: 0 ~ r: •'2l D C Jono1:a.l Sogp ~int0ndGm D Rc~k ' Spx-ings D Wy~ lli:l.:'Ul9 St&0ty Eng'.llloox,0 Reek Sp&>ings 0 Wyoz::d.na· r.· s o C-<reey O SS'" v E:fui0 Supzx>.iniende~ D Reek Spring□ v '\'.'y:>2'.li t~ J ; . ~c.:s-cmi,o Nigh;e, F@X>CJmll'10 · I'J@o 4 Mine 0 ·Roek Spx>ingsv ·Wy~ Pt->czoo Looc 8 D Um.i F~0ri!.aX!» Noa 4 Min0,9 Roel! SpE"ings 9 t'Jyomng Jilom:::=- D 310 !) • L'J~.9 1.\JQ)o 4.Mino D Rock Sp:?:1.ngo J) W21 Jrl.ntJ tJ..m!. kl lc-~ic 9 i 1imb~~ PtiUei>IY • Noo •4 lli.n3 D Rock Spcin.gs O l7y,n9.pg 'i' ol'i:7'i.n G @alf.D Duck Bill Opoii>atoi'p No~ 4 lli..n:}.i, R«i:ch: ·Spx>ings.o W~~ ,, V ~ o tJ:ill. you p:ieoo0 ctat~ yQ~ D.aw.So 0 A]. "' &;, o o 0 I) ~ o o o ~ Qo A" /wgGlc~iGo • - t i o YO"iN? c~e'll~sM.en? l'Siz2 'S:o l'iha.t e ~ doing that d!zy? :Pull i na prop.1 o 111 you tell what you knCffl ecmcel'Ding this aecideiilto I ean°t .tell you eJraet~ hem it as but it mi.s ~ :JS.Yo U pulled 7 props after dinner before the root start d to k 0 then after · I ·told 'liq partner aomatim it m.ll c quick and s ti.ma i i riill otoPo ~ • were· standing at t he safety bal011 the line and listening tmd I t .o ld ·ey= ■ elf, I didn' t sq aeyt.h1ng to him; but he a.a on the left hand sid and I was on t he right hand side then the tools er just a. lit.tl e ~ er up BO I sq t o rrweelt I ha: to pick th UPo I nt up ther mtd I t hrew th do and the Sau:t9 t ime the rock tell dom1o Had· you pulled props in there b tore? Yes, bef ore dinner; than., aft.0~ dinner we started on the straighto. But there ~ a lot ot props in th re up above •just wher the rock t all downo Then we al.m.i.ys tr:r t o ake t he straight o What do you m an by the str aight? The eyen11 the roOillo Hew !!!.!:l.1lf props had you pulled before? De pulled 23 before dinner out of t h r oomo Ue pulled 7 after dinnero I all.18Ys mo.rk them on a propa ~en we get back from dinnerD there uaa 23 .r:arkedo After I hen I l o ked, t h ere ml!J 7 mor~ mrkedo l7hen did you sot your breaking row? After dinner o �~d ~d c :0~ L"c~ s~v? 'Er.iv . • 'i'.,:lgi t v.i rr.:tl up z,eul tigM. bui ·,he xa~@k hi~ aud Y., CD. 00:f O 9 • ll -r;- tSl:W 2 , ..J of iil:ilb0J? d@ you uoua11y □Qt, in yom' b i ? 0 ~ cc-::J? , , .. -...-.,, '-' O 0 f O ~u o ·n m ·i o . cv01 o t:"~l"'!tlng rmeh u:aon you ~am.0 back? o o, ·:i o-r,~od ~o:i? din.no~D i".he:rea t:aD n@th.il1igD but ~0~ m g-ti>t l, JJ. a? ~ ~ -:::0 • Z Qo .:. u f b -gin rrorkingo I thougilt X'COf u.:i:;;i fC nt? t@ oi'· q @k s@ I sey t10 t7ill get the taols d~ ancl ve mUJ. lliten.v C"JO pi?otty qui ,. o H ~ lie!'lJ r.:v-o _bcon pul.ll.ng· ? l1 l M.1::.:iv x ·~cd 1:-o b8 pul.:J.ins then h I _}?Ull m Irr o 10 Mino tooo Qo U/213 Sidney U 2m.d Plan'3D ·IJoo 4 H-aITT8o Th .\ [I d a go d m>l'~? Ao X~g D he ms 1.drui of elo-.-rD but ho os a. g~ctl "1.:-ai'~nQ You conoid,~xae bin a. pretty3riene0d Llinei'? Ao I LJt!ess 0 • 0d to work o.t Ccmtral o. little bii bei'Oi"e he otated t"ll.th 'i:7.ie Ulllion Po.cl.fie Coal. Coo Qo o He had b:; pulling props tr.lib you for aoout 18 cg~? Ao ~eoJ I guess thatos about rl.gb.t 0 Qo 'ilrl.e tms t-he first pl.ace to be moved? Ao. Ev~h;wg ~ boon l!!OV'ed out of th ro Qo · In 8 tting yo'11" bNak1Dg x- D era do you pull the ·proP3 f'r Ao Th recking rems are all up aboveo ? t'lo In your opinion, had Sidn~y gone up the breaking rfdl Ao I dontJt lmo"'7£i I didnVt see him goo· !t happened hen I uas trying to ~ the tcolD doilllo It isn9t ry far, just about 1211 C your You had left tcoia, your pickg your prop jmller, ·an4 tuft up the bNBJdng row? Ao Y s p just above 0 I do t :t, l te of M.m.3s because s tim9s rock and prope tall and ·fall all over ihe toola o Q" Q., A j 0 Ao T'n e ple.e quiet? Yee 9 hen I went f'ar toala, h dn~t ee him going UPo Yout' p?op pull ~ ,O,; waa in a. safe pl.nee, on t he pi'OP3 o was above t he breaJd.ng raw? I t pulled m ? l �'·\:, l.l Q(j you iehop t..½.0 b@'6'?.0ED O :, • ·' t'heD _ i:lllr:: . r:y•rg --., dig m'O'!mtl th00o and 8Q3.'.)"(",'1j7~(3 you he:ve ·to dig ~otmd -hemo oek~ Y(l1.1 have to ehop th.om up and pm. the c ~ :1.ot :!.to p.:i lll thiG plaeo the day befoz,o? X p-at ·~he bi>0cldng line fiTst bo:?oro and· ne uat"'--0 yom: lao't. breaking 'Sfei0? 0 0 c , oo~ ~ ·o it ~.... r; o ~ ~~ca~ ~cu th0n you had pulled 23 pg>opj tho • - caking "if""-;1v a.ml 7 a.ft.er lunch? and b~c~t ino Ro ITnm qt:.0oiiomgo•. Uh.en i .r1io pl.a.co ot~i0d i@ • i>~.9 did ;y,>tn and Sidney d5..scuas it at ill? D vt,li~i/e,',{) j'i29t as I eeyv I teld luED ri_N0w m uill. get 1'Jio ioolo dorm thcl:l u e tiUl dG, aDd lie ·!:mo n a o diun·~ i a: o e:t1!J e " at all? u Hoo o H holpsd you tog t the tocl.o da.m.? 0 y 0 ., • Uould t here bo eJ\'ything Wllmue.l about Mo havirag c. piok vith bin? l1oo o o r o roof? It couJ.d have reen o. pick· he as usi.Dg t o sound out .f?on imder him? Yaao • Oo o " Liurra..y queati oning: He had t hat to sound th Y So Qo l' Vo Oo Uurray In.quiring rnet or Lescc3 ~ Q~ Will you pleaec state your ? Ao Pr et or Le C03 o . ~ Ao Qo A.., Qo Ao Q0 Ac, What is your oeeupstion? Unit Foranm.n,) yon Unit l?orG - t7 r in lloo 4 Min tf.1en Sidney Vlcod was fatal.zy injur0d? :, Elll'o Ub:it esciio do you tak ca.r0 of? 1 , ro as 12 South and 19 North 0 'fX!:lfiJ units do you· have .:iJ.i thos !?rt71.1',, plao ? �'Had· yo,a \lioit,G o 7 19 l:'100:th ~z:y OK\ ·this shift.? 0 0v 8l.b"o i y:.·-:-o? C t e , op pulle~~ twieoo I l\.~ cl U -Cl C YG9 0 , '> C?o Dno ~o • .) 'Jo~ s •9 Di y oE r:.Yt::ioo oi'i'=hamil hou o •·~ pt:>op$1 had been pullGd "i.1len this ar.;ei eni -~? E©e X Gm:;r.:o 'i, Ocv oo~-a 23 to .'.30 pl;Op::Jo ~G o Das tho "' ©o t1oirlwlg :a.on you 'i.7'ioit~d? U@D i"'ti "i.7J..D q\1ioiD 'Ghat- iD ~ O U 8 t@ t he aeeidont 0 ~011 . . D ~ \CJ:!0 ~st plac0 9 ~o ~ l ai you knot7 eone0ming the o.oei!ikmio UGll.D tho x'i?st thing I hea?d of it D I had j ust passed l2 So ·th ~teyD [l the pho '.) ~aDgo m@ _X"Ops ~id~!? ~TT~Gd an.cl. it. tJeS f@r: □ o They t l ca ~-hai a l:!31ll TI!l9 eov0 ·Gd ni~ ~ ck in 19 N~h o@ I ~.:ill d~:m aEld o up tot 0 pla.00 0 • You could oe SidneyOs head .md0~ a piet e ~ x- ""ko I oe.ut f o~ eap piCi:lces and to· preveni hln fio ::J. be~ clffi.Dhcii. any E.~; i, nt f or a couple of jac o Allo~hGi? me.no~ t~· plae~ jo.eka -o ch s i deo• I tol d t h \70uld tey to t::ir:::bor ~ o pla@oo 'fJ0 joi tart d ·t o llttl l" the jacks \"M.On she oi~cd uor!dugo ·ue t7o'Jld icy a than ue r.ould have to get backo rJo ii'isd o 'M.r:b01? i.ho plaeo \'m.Q r · the braald.Dg line 0 • If . could .aavG> gotte it tioGl"Gtl 0 -..:. e uld probably hel d that" but i t· kept eor:dngc. Ue got -sc:_:;:i p:r p::i up0 but acm.s rock Oalile in t he insideo The rock slid aID.d lmc©ked o ing line Oul. o I t made t hings pxiGtty difficru.to • bx>o~=- Hou caiw mn did you lw.ve timbering? I clidnQt r count thEUBo Ue boo. S.1t 109 , or l2o ')0 Do you f i gure rir o Wood killed. b3fora you tried io gat hio out? o When ·r first sau him I thought th 0 -t88 a chance of getting him out md his still being al.:ive 0 Tho~., l.oold.ng back e.t it, he probably 111.:JVer kneu tihat had hit bm hece.usG he never nad a soumlo O Q ;) A':) Q \, o Q4 A 0 KDill Questioningo Rew long before t he accident a~eurred, did you say i t t:as t!mt you had been in t here? It a.a about 7z30o , i.; trea the condition of "thG pl.nee? • Ii ~, :1 Ther e. g=d quiet ple..eeo thara OUJl large orackB visible? re tb.e hairline cracks t hat you gat o �_,M.0~0 ctl i@ jack. l!p ino i'-i}Ck0 -~hoi'o m G p?Q 8ll aiii'Ourui tho ot'"' "-s t@ fcl.1? i.-..ol7o ,. .D c " fc.n::i tho ~ck @ra in and ihero uo -o a 'lo-1 ., <1;:J i@ tho o ~ r o ~igii1i s:ldo ru.1d -0-. 0 o·i aight'° Tho ee.j@&'iiy· of ihe p p:i il1Ao righ~ haXLd Gide i th0 rr~@k0 g-!i>ing • :J tho&'@ t?ao oiill !i:. qi of th~ -iinbi:ai> had hs0u. plillled @ut @f the ~"""h-::;t b'lat iho cair?aiGh~o :m_qltll>:wg ~- 1 o YJ o Oo r. e ~ D0Qic1r A w~.iilg 0 ~. nm 'g i! ploaoo staio yo-w;> l~G? Homan Do3i o Cle Dhe.t is •iomo A~ Loa.clmml 0 tJ you eup~ii ? ki!lg cl ae. by ~ox-e S:.ldi.wy TI~ About 70 or 80 f fr t:e.GJ IT """lti.ng? this plneeo Uill you tell us :t you kncii1 eone~g tho accide ~? o I really don et know· a ol lot conce!'ning iio H uas -alJ.aco.dy tmtil.Gli:' ·Lo rock en I C.W him, ttith ODE) aro o.nd hi.a hoo.d oho~() Il:w hoo.d mlD Q:o dosmhillo o o mie> eel i ed. you, H.erILlSl'l? Sbamo came down and holl do tf •t.ara rldng about e. .m le~h past tlle ro · B said Sidnay as h~o Ue bslled Prcet~o Uhon oo first nt. p and it qui t 1 th first ~bing e didD I ~old OCE3bod.y to g@ after the first aid kit and I . tr aft r jaclra and the ~h r erO\"/ hed started to work o th lip ~ en I got b~oko g9 s ~ d a iting ti.obs~ up and atarted to block th rock UPo Thon it start d W uorking.,, setting tim'b rs ond th jacks under i to I believe that 1o the uey I x-e= IWll!::,W"o o ~ • You sot th je.okB set und r the rook to get, it back out of the uey w..d. it r.ved in re th ? • Y aa sir., killed outright? �()o plOMG} toll 'lliJ mill,'t:, you· !mtr.1 0 l'.o c;~ S ~ @ @ara3 dtlwn and yelled Sidrii..cy a£J e~vG ,.. X @all.sd doim t@ .tho leading e~ em o.E!: t.. «1'h0s.zi .. t~e>r-00 All I col'lld OGG ms hio head ruz.d 02n l n ~ oierlc o □oti~ tiI::1>0~0 - ~ ~o l?'~o d[;; o Uill you l/J' ct-00 oto.to your !ll!9C.:>&1 J ~~ogc~o ~ tJhat ie y, o ~ O\~ o em:mg tho ac~Sl.deDt go~.::-.tion? • Ni@~ !?o&'C:::!Ollg N o 4 Mineo Jo.ck, 'Oill you tell •US · what you krum' @Z tho fo.i9.l nceidonY. t,@ Sidney '[Jee ? just got out of 12 South and e. I2:ln had ea~i M.a f cot m a o oava ~ o e u1? to get trip ~ get bin k,th ry Sout ac the hoi!Jt mo down and he had to tiOlk ~ o . Prcl3to· wG jru:it c ~ t-hi:>~u@l .. to go ~o 19 men h phona o t1 rnEuQ _, cn :li ~o 'U'al Pichnllit> o aid a mnn, .a prop pull r~ YroB h~ m.th e o I s01l'.~ PA'oetoi' dOuEa to 19 and told him that th re mm a nan hurt an I mmld s ·(rhe ~ pul]jng coal and th trip il:il. 12 Soutlho 'Elo r. p:ai lfillll'lSl" tm.D goi.nJ to pull loaded trip tram 12 end I Olio in 2?ld io the pl.nCOo Wh0n I got ther • Sidney ~ th vdtll •o :.3 /J.i"a and his hand shcming fr0II the · rocko The plac rkingo . Ide mn go 2i jacks and im« bl.cc 'Wld8r ito. The men were ell rkingD a 3 tting. a ~ and sm::.:i c~~ trying to stop it tr c ~ on '"Gro ~ut that t s - ?Ock .i'Gll. 1n am· jut missed Dosier and anoth r of the fell o Wo eontin ed t t1aber, t,rying to ff h1m as a ns couldo a Qo Ao ~ You· think"Uood. WU Jdll.ecl inst~? l••• I dOo ow.d. ;rou have 8111 opinion why he would b up abOV' the b r a ~ row? Ao Noa ~ How tor was he? H• ·-.enot veey taro He headed &mil the hill to be getting e.way it , His head and am were aver e propo- Qo Had: you rlsited the place before the accident? o Ao Yes~ I was then before Sa30o ~ Ao as ~ ere aiJ;Jthing unusual about it? llo, nathingo �.o X is CO o �'"'h o.tc of 'Jyomin ) - tho Go oner's Cot!l'tD in nnd for .':;r;-MCti:la.ter Cou.nty O be:?ore J. .i d -n Opie~ CoK"on0r. sc• of ~-m"·trm'~e:r) In ho matt ,.-, of h0 death of Sic• ey VJ cd uho us !dlled on Jltly 9th /l 19/,;,3, i the Ur.do .Paci" .".. C._. -1 Compo.n,y vs 1 0. b, HiiK, :..t .tlocl i:ir;J,.·ings D 5 10et,.c ,:,o ov.nt r iyoning. and i'o tho County of ~ p~;;,victcx-, ck p lngs D iy T:tln,: 0:1 t,ho 25th dey r,;Uf!i =on for -~.::.:·,h ill.bf.! , ' :. ld.<;.,3 , ClaJ:Gnco itiz -·n\t;i to 2.ppee..r 0 tl.L ·(,O ju!"crs n thi • 1t.>.CS\'.,: o. n all of sa::.<l ~)t ,o s "~ ii':i. · tl -'.:J1d -;-;cro .: JC. .1 ,10 :;·\:..qui:!.'i3 . by la.. ~ cL.30 , ,:ta-t-c ~c, J. :"i ~o ! nopcctor o o;.' \", '!0 1 ,0 P ., el•:)Vic ... ~<..: ...... d. t' ,:~ J. .. .l"t.,. css r: a .d u..::: 'L,~ • ·::.O lc1'ii .:i 'C~u·0 ·' -'ietl Gt.: follc,.'s: r, Opk~ J• i....,o Ao .rind : rJ J J..ivo l·e:.,0 .;.n Roe~· All tba :-.31~. o• 1CO 18,5~ And you Ao .A.ll the tira- a Ao And \'Jhat type of tror=k do you o? Uell.9 0VGrything., J: ms di~i~.il t.:....J.J ::_ 1,6 C., last noi Q. v,e c.wploye·· wth0 Um.en }l.::i, Q. lon 1 Ilo.t and ulling p~opsc Do you :recnll on Jw.y t , lW 3 occuz, G in th.0 N o h mine'/ o·" c fat. , wccid0nt ~·1 : :Le~ Ao Yes» Gi4o ld• A. ~loo 19 ;:·( ·"-h Gntz-y'~' Yss, Wo A. Th.i!.t a-::c·'t:". J!'i;,, O(!C ' r.~~, c.bout --~: 40 :Ut t. (:) tNG • ...e? X CM ~. t0, , 3 c.,. O • 0:tgM:,, /SC ath·i .;:, i.'.I. uC.. d.hmc .. "t"! e . 5:r, hoppon. Q. Th:.s ace d, t A. Yes o lo Ao Ho, long did. "'x-a W od . rk rli.th .. ou.? cotldn ~t t ol l yot.lr, 0_,u ite .:l 1hil0 1) 1rpra t.!)'" , one .f<':li;ll'. �~ .-,, - 2 = .~ha" t,ypo oZ i;;nx,k did he do ni:th you? • t imbelfo !) SO."i!etime didn _.. pull t ;rn,19<:-)~ do som('l)thing else • i.md ~ hG e P trill -timb:ar ox- t!'ae!to J. 1 o Pi wo W , ld you eonQi\.d0Sf' him a man tho.t vmJ.,J cautiow:., mid sn.&'0 in ·c,l 0 o •• r,t o • man that took chances? HGJ l no :!fight., :rJe siarl C!ZGeX' dinner and pull s - en propc P f i::r1; _Ift t:O!fk a little b:1:t so l told hilll t,'iS vJo'illld 'tQ...W t,he to la ou , and. nru.t o SO!!:leiim.'3 it stop nrui no:::,,, &im:J it com-ao ?i ht do, ~ We . nas 1..,_.tlting on a safe place b01 ·r10 Xt bc"'?!e C\ 12.tile X :=:i.d to eys0li? n~ver scy to him. Jo,:Lc ,im.0 t:hen H, st ,-e, • o @a"lYe it com~ i.-,,:ght dmrm and migh'· co or:., p o , tools 00 I st\; i:. 'to take 'the ioo s £.. '"hes> olo , nh0n laot ptfil ch in dcr:n @em., t:wi0 roct come dorm. w n to hi@ t_ i:mg,ht I could 1 clp h:lm.? aU. X ccmlcl sc4' tmo his heed n~~ VS'.! ex> .. .cl;:o • r- • _ clo1.-:n the ~ntey fl,O'i., thooe •3llom to eo s OJ: d telte him out r..\ d Saffi:.- 'time i.t tm."'1:, to C8'v0o 80 Hoi:1 clid b.€ A . I co Qo Did he go 'bnck after A.~ CJ) dn °t happen to g '(,{;:lll bac! • thEJ;.-- '? you.o Co.ElG ols? no tools t.b.Clf8o Qo Did h ho..w rnw toru..o hio , d? Ao . X donOt ! OTID cow.dn°· ~ell youo JGZ:'e you. pulling the .PJN)p6 (\Lt'? Qo HO\'J A.. Vlith e. chain., Qo Would he ha"O'e b en tr,Jlng to ~lean e hot'6ofil? No, clean on hottom. ea.ch eh n on 302p l'!:'ng chnin p ov; o Ao Co A. Q. th m. Do you - :9po0e if there:i .~re any p opD 1. hore he giguNd io fJ,0 c.nd pull i,hG!l O'l!t? t o ll thor-a rats @m11D props D bt.K I told yotS r;e -r,..:.. just r.aJ:i ng.o sometime that come down qm.ck and he r1ao on safe side r.oiting hen I pill t ools o to L'ls both wm.•@ vmiting and I didn °t oee him go i.hoN O!."' ! cow..d of ''1011 him n'l>t to c o He:; di.cl you tmp_ on u, notics him nilcn thEJ rock come own on hiu? Ao I didn°t seG hi.111 got cre o Qo Hou did you ha.p s to not-ice him then? l just ea.YI him .! don t lmon nothing elee jwrt that . Ao , ,, ". -~od: A. Q. A. Did you hu @ 'to dig at the bot om of them~ props? SametimGs yo s D ao 0t1Ees no j'1asi pull them out 9 oo dicm 0t do nothing io prDps that t:lme when t hat ~ hnpp$n. t'Je got the t~ols on safe ple.aeD just e r;ag,s stond and uot-ch thGm. You didn ;t see him m.th a pick? No, I didn 9t oe him. �~ ilZ"o ~ "'"'od2 , . o· you any idso. hotJ man.y t imber \'Jas dislodged? A• . taiio a fcoD cou.ldntt iell hon ffiai\V pr ops e~@t4°' 0 - OU wc~a on the ~i ght hand oide of the place? rmG on the ~-i_ghy, D he Da@ on the left hnnd sido . I mi□ ight by the tools and no toels on that sid· ~1sN he ucs stcmdiBlgo Tho d p ·~ ponu Her-mri.n .Dozielf BppEl!lrn . 1.ndly stnte your f ull name . Hs ...,. Dozic!~. · o ~o-- ll e hGX:~ in Roch Springs? Ao es., siro n UGI n witnose 0 and after .ox=n (;).CCO.?: i.i'1.g to lcr1, testified aa follousa • l-.s~ you ~raploystl by t he Union !?G,g;lf ic Coal Co.!!..=~"""'" ? 7 A. YeGD siE'o Qo D you eeru.l on July 9th~ 1943 0 of n fntal accident th~~ A. :leoD Sil"o Qo Tell the Juuy jus rrhnt you !m n of that a.ceidont? \'Jell.; ua o ro col.led to the fo.eoi, lli'o Angeloilie eall~d us up -u.~red nhich in olved ~he donih Ao f Sidn0y 1,Jgofi? to t he face somG":Jhoro o lm: 9 o Oclock that n m!l.n .• s hurt. Vie t1e:re uor k!l..ng 21.b~u.i f) pnosibzy /) 70 Z ei f om whor?o ihio happened. When m::: got to 't.hia moo he Das -igh tmd0 a laE"ge chunk of rock 3 ·the plac0 W-S c01r ~> You folks helped We Wore you thers NoD si r o Q. 0t hiril out 0 did yo~? rked until about 10 o·Qclm:l~D til the reocue Clrew ~e.l1le o hen t he mcm ,as tak0n m:r" ? Di d y ou heai- · him make ~ stat ement that he had tools rti.th him? A piclt w s on i h s id0 of hims I aet1 that o• Di d it appear hG had been using he pick 0 or could yo\! t oll? I couldn 't tello Ther-oupon, Belvin Cregger uppe ed as n m.tneas 9 and after being duly sworn according to l a.t1J) testified as follcr.7s a tir. Opie: • Kindly state your full name? A. Mel.Vin Cr egger . Q. Do you reside in Rock .Springs? Ao I ork here. Qo You are employed by the Union Pacific Coal CODP&W? A. 'lhat 1 a right . �o Abo\il.t h.ot1 long ha.ve you o 'Rem n n hs ., orked t.hex-@? ,J • ·typo og r:ork d~ you do ? A o ~70::r'-~ loa.ding on the fnce o Qo Ao Qo A. \do K)tr) yo\ kE!.01·1 an.yth:1.ng about this accident? hin{l;.!) X 'w0,3 e ell Gd up t h@ra and 0 8.t"J clJ. tkw:t ifOCk o :nly Did you hel p take t his man out? CQffie out be.fore they got him @Ul.t v i t Nob sir,o ,;80 s-'i.lll ".,o:dd.ngo o you. l-mc,1 of my addit.ionru. infoX'aua:Hon 1.ha.t might be oi som0 W>0r esi to this inquest ? Ao. Tb.a~ 0 0 nbout cJJ. I !-QlOD 0 Di d you heax- any s~a'l:.emants IDE.de in the mine rag~g this accicl0nt '?• Ao rfoth:mgD only that e. pie rn0 ~--ound hira0 that Os all I Q,o hea • Thereuponv Proet ol." Le coe opp0a.x>~d w n aitn~Ds 0 and ,1 er bsing duly sr;orn aecoz::ding t o la: 1v testified as .follo:1s g ~ o Opie: ti.. Kindly sta.tG your full name? Proctor Lesco~. Q. You raside hore in Ro~J-- Springs? A. Yesll sire Q. • And are you empl oy Yesll sir. by t he Union Pae.u'ic Cocl. CcLp.;i,ny? Ao Q. In hat cnyo.city? A. Unit 1?or Q. Wore you in No o 4 mine the evening 'thw acci dent o:Jclll'r~<W A. Yes» sir. o • Q. Tell the J\&l'Y ohat you knonp 'ro Lescoe? A. Well, shortly a ft.0r nine o 0clock I t1ao called do,m to 19 North entry, telephone call EJtated a m.5'.n v38 covered 1ith :rock so .I \ ent dcmn llS quicltl.y e.s possible mid a large piee;e of rock rms upon the mo.no Ths place wea \10rking. We secured j e.cks and t rled to ~ • se the rock, t!;1;3 pl.nee gnn to uork bee; ily /) a att enptcd t o t imber the place in order to hold the main eek bui t he :rock Icept falling intermittently until more r-ock .f0ll th ughoat the place all the more. Had you been in that place t hat wenincfl A. Yea . Q. �-,Mr;, Opie : • What i !m:" ? Ac o In ihe neighborhood ..of 7130. Ssv0n-thirty? f':.o iGSo Q., Did you exe.mine the room? v ell Dbat oe do constant]3 g aiiae it up io about nU. lb • a r oo it t,olfldng then? Ao Noo o D f>. o 0 -·J. . Yeo, .. i I I I they pull any timber? He~ m1ach t imber. had .been pulled out? Ao tJcl.1 0 n~ound 20 •somewhnt timberD I o uld .. • • Q. Ab~ut t?ha.t ·time had you been told the aceident h octun..~?- : : • • A. Uell:> X couldn tt eay 1 uas t ld i~hiit i:Lme the nccident occW?x>:Jtlo i I oas called by telephone to the "ace that there ma •an uccident o I s just passing it on cy dorm ohen it • X'ang~· ,. A. What did t hey tell you had happsne ? That a man was co red nith roc1·.a Q. They didn 1t t ell yoti ho 1 it occurred? Q. A. No. Q. Did you a sk an.1b0d_y how it happened? A. No, sir. 11r. llcLeods • W~ all the two props under your charge that night? four unit s. • A. Onl1' the prop pullers_. course there Q. Two in 19 and two wh ere? • A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. In 12 South . Quite a wqs apart.? One entry below. You juat made the one visit to that place? No, sir, been there twice, Bean there twice? Yes, air. A. \7ere the7 pulling the props with a chain when you was there? Yes, siro Q. 1ias you thero when they got him out? A. Yas, sir. Qo : ,• 1 �-6 Qo )lid Y?U se-s the.~ ·pick they' re talking _ about? A.• IfoD o:i.z:i0 but i t "eould easily have· been etanding scmewhat be.cl! t:hen the bo~ oas oved • .Qo • "Ja.s th1Zxse n pick pulled out D do yo\l kno;:i9 b:;J ? • Ao oow,dn.Oi, Sa_v o ' Qo Ao hen tboy ©>t the 10 ~@r.?l u?W ne hers • mo SaTT the.t pick? lo 0 ne ·eir se.u ·-p ick -but -a pick \1as UBed several deys ci'ter t :to M1.. ., .Oni n D d o.ey of the Jurymen ee this pick? ... l:!.o Oo Did anyone here hear anybody nm.ke a statemant ohether or not · u pick uas there? A. Yes, eiro Qo Q. Who made that stat A. Mr . Dozier said ·he s ent? Q. Did you B e a pick t here, llr. Dozier? pick the o A. Yes, sir. Q. • When the7 took the boci_y o~t? A. I wasn•t there when -they got him out» ~ut it left on the right side. s there hen I Jury& Was -the pick in hia hand? A. No, the pick was by the side. Jlr. Opie J Death Certi f icat e signed by Dr . licCrann stated t he cause ot .death was skull fract ured and punct d l unge . · �-7The State of t ·y<ll~) : ss County of Soo0t i ato:!.") lb Hslon Travis~ Coroneres Stcanographer9 hereby solemnly m-;ear that the ubo ca and fox-eigoing is ·a true : and correct tl4anscript of 11\Y notes _ en by ne this a;th dey of JuJ.¥; 194.3& - (Sgd.) Helen Travis S bscribed and My e ---day of July.P l943o om to befoNJ. mB this ssion expires_ _ _ _ __ Albert Valdes, Clarence Cragger 2nd Charles Highley,· Jlll"Ors 9 presented t ~ .verdict. at t he close of the inqu.~t. stated: " W the JUI71 find that Sidney IT cd ·· . aame t o his d th · as · result o! fall of rock while in the cet of plllling timbers . n (Sgd. )__ ___Al_b_e__rt._V_al_d_e_o_ _Juror (Sgd.) 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Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fatal Accident Reports All Districts 1943-1944 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1943 Subject The topic of the resource Accident Reports, 1943, 1944, All Districts Description An account of the resource Blueprints, letters, and court transcripts from the fatal accident reports. All papers are stapled with the case that that belong to. All documents are held together by a brass pin. Some pages are faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F.J. Peternell, V.O. Murray, DeForest Nielson, H.C. Livingston, I.N. Bayless, J.T. Williams Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0249 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.