Mine Safety and Health Administration
Protective Canopy (A Survivor’s Story)
DVD599-S (Was VC844, VC993-S) - 1995
This is Part 2 in English
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Part 1 - English |
Part 1 - Spanish |
Part 2 - English |
Part 2 - Spanish )
A taped interview with a roof fall survivor who was operating a scoop with a protective canopy. The miner tells in his own words how he survived after mine roof, approximately 4 feet thick, fell on the scoop he was operating, trapping him for at least 20 minutes. Taped on location in Madisonville, Kentucky.