ABSTRACT

Persons were smoking in the mine and the operator's Smoking Search Program was not effective. One cigarette pack, containing nine unsmoked cigarettes, was found on the victim located at the point of origin. The butts of ten smoked cigarettes were also found in the victim's pockets. Some of the butts were in the container used to transport the victim to the medical examiner's office. A functional butane cigarette lighter was found on the mine floor at the rear of the scoop located at the point of origin.