# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220001470053` · 05/16/2000 · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 138
- **Mine experience:** 5.36 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** El Paso Energy Corp
- **Operator:** Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc
- **Mine:** [4608285](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608285)
## Narrative

ON SUB MAINS #9 HDG #12 BLOCK, AN EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP THE MINER CABLE FROM THE MINE FLOOR TO MOVE IT, WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN HIS LOWER BACK CAUSING A BROKEN VERTEBRA. THE EMPLOYEE HAD VISUALLY EXAMINED THE AREA BEFORE ENTERING AND NO BAD TOP WAS NOTICED.

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