# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220002140031` · 07/28/2000 · Mill Branch Coal Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by rolling or sliding object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Observe operations
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 223
- **Mine experience:** 0.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cumberland Resources Corporation
- **Operator:** Mill Branch Coal Corporation
- **Mine:** [4406861](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406861)
## Narrative

THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BEING USED TO CLEAN UP A ROCK FALL. THE INJURED WAS BESIDE THE MACHINE OPERATOR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED FROM THE RIB AND STRUCK HIM. INJURIES INCLUED FRACTURED RIB S, A COLLAPSED LUNG, AND 2 FRACTURED VERTEBRAE.

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