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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION

Underground Coal Mine
Nonfatal Entrapment
July 24, 2002

Quecreek #1 Mine, ID No. 36-08746
Black Wolf Coal Company, Inc.
Quecreek, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Accident Investigators

Edwin P. Brady
District Manager/Mining Engineer, District 4, Mt. Hope, WV

Glenn R. Tinney
Accident Investigation Coordinator, Arlington, VA

Kelvin K. Wu, Ph.D., P.E.
Chief, Mine Waste & Geotechnical Engineering Division
Technical Support, Pittsburgh, PA

William G. Denning, P.E.
Staff Assistant, District 9, Denver, CO

Stanley J. Michalek, P.E.
Supervisory Civil Engineer, Technical Support, Pittsburgh, PA

Richard T. Stoltz
Supervisory Mining Engineer, Technical Support, Pittsburgh, PA

James F. Bowman
Conference/Litigation Officer, District 4, Mt. Hope, WV

Arnold D. Carico
Mining Engineer, District 5, Norton, VA

Howard C. Epperly, Jr., P.E.
Mining Engineer, Technical Support, Triadelphia, WV

Originating Office
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Office of the Administrator
Coal Mine Safety and Health
1100 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22209-3939
Ray McKinney, Administrator

RELEASE DATE: August 12, 2003


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Addendum #2 Added 01/18/2005


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