# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220000240039` · 01/13/2000 · Mettiki Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
- **Activity:** Enter/work in bins, Silos
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.05 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Mettiki Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [1800621](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1800621)
## Narrative

EXAMINING TAILGATE AREA OF LONGWALL FOR POTENTIAL PROJECT INVOLVING INJECTION OF POLYURETHANE INTO ROOF. BROW JUST ABOVE COAL SEAL BROKE LOOSE INTO FACE AREA, BOUNCED OFF SHEAR & CAME BACK TO WALKWAY BETWEEN SHIELDS AND SPILL BOARDS. THIS ROCK STRUCK LEFT FOOT CAUSING A CONTUSION AND A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*