“ TWENTY-FIVE FEET FROM THE FACE “ 1970s MESA COAL MINE ROOF BOLTING SAFETY FILM JC10104

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This occupational safety film from the 1970s by the U.S. Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) demonstrates workplace precautions at the face of a coal mine to counter roof fall accidents. Various methods, including the use of automated roof bolting machinery, are demonstrated and explained. In short, the films shows miners and machinery in action at the face of an active coal mine. Closeup: man with headlight. Miner strikes ceiling in narrow mine with rod, holds up devices / lantern to assess (0:03). Closeup: fast dramatized falling of rock, hits miner in head, he falls (0:59). Title: “Twenty-five feet from the face” (1:03). In same scene, several men in hard hats tend to fallen miner (injured), carry him out on stretcher (1:10). Zoom: narrator addressing camera (red hat, jean jacket). Vacated scene near face area (1:49). Lone miner enters, assesses