Apollo MineCoal

EE was cleaning and rockdusting the #3 heading when he found a 28 inch auger hole on the right rib at 2:40 pm and reported this to Hillard Belcher Mine Superintendent and was called in to MSHA at around 2:48 pm. At the time the auger hole was found it was checked for hazards and none found.

At 9:00 am miner operator was cleaning up a cut of coal in #5 heading when bottom fell out from under the miner creating a hole to the abandoned mines below.