Name | Age | Sex | Injuries | Injured areas |
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Goodall, Bill | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Five cavers were in Jansill Cave, Chavez County, New Mexico on August 7, 1982. As they proceeded down through an area of "crumbly" breakdown, two rocks fell striking Bill Goodall (32) on his hard hat and foot. Goodall suffered a broken bone in the top of one foot but had only a sore shoulder and neck muscles to show for the blow to the head. No evacuation was required.
No one saw or heard one rock fall. A warning was yelled for the other and Goodall moved but was struck anyway. The cavers feel the vibrations from their travel through the breakdown must have caused the rock fall. An alternate route has since been found.
Bill Goodall was struck by falling rocks in a crumbly breakdown area, resulting in a broken foot.