# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220001570001` · 05/24/2000 · Martin County Coal Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Front-end loader
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 4.53 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Martin County Coal Corp
- **Mine:** [1511005](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1511005)
## Narrative

THE DECEASED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER MOVING COAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYER BELT WHEN A PORTION OF HIGHWALL FAILED AND STRUCK THE LOADER. ONLY A FEW SECONDS OF WARNING WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE PORTION OF HIGHWALL THAT FELL MEASURED APPROX 160 FT LONG BY UP TO 60 FT HIGH AND THE THICKNESS RANGED FROM FEATHEREDGED TO 10 FT.

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