FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Solvay Chemicals, Inc
The employee was performing a visual inspection of the area; walked to the back of the mining machine to un-hook the water hose and retrieve the remote for the continuous haulage. As ee was walking back to the bolter station, a roof slab fell hitting the mining machine, the load out tail of the miner and the employee.
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration