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	Preventive Roof/Rib Outreach Program Summer 2008

Between 1997 and the present (June 2008), 29 coal miners died from roof falls and coal outbursts while utilizing room and pillar retreat mining methods. Many of these accidents occurred in intersections. Research has shown that intersections are eight to ten times more likely to collapse than an equivalent length of entry or crosscut.


	Summer 2008 PROP Safety Initiative Material Coal Miner's Handbook for Roof and Rib Control Retreat Mining - Flyer Press Release Full Sized Logo

Previous PROP Materials


	Summer 2007 PROP Safety Initiative Bulletins Roof & Rib Fatalities - Flyer Mobile Roof Supports (MRS) - Flyer Pulling Pillars (Retreat Mining) - Flyer Full Sized Logo
	Summer 2006 PROP Safety Initiative Bulletins Bulletin #1 - Rib Control Bulletin #2 - Talking Points Bulletin #3 - Trim the Top Bulletin #4 - Control the Immediate Roof
	Summer 2005 Prop/ Redzone Special Safety Initiative Bulletins Bulletin #1 - PROP Best Practices Bulletin #2 - Red Zone Best Practices Bulletin #3 - Red Zone Safety Bulletin #4 - PROP Hazard Alert
	Best Practices These Best Practice Cards may be downloaded and/or printed. These files are PDF. BP Card 24 - Extended Cuts Remote Control Miners BP Card 25 - Remote Control Miners BP Card 26 - Roof Evaluation and Examination BP Card 27 - Retreat Mining BP Card 28 - Roof Bolting BP Card 29 - Moving to a New Location, Mine or Job

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