# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220002410164` · 08/17/2000 · Peabody Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Continuous miner
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 78
- **Mine experience:** 21 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Peabody Coal Company
- **Mine:** [1508357](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1508357)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE MINER ON THE NO. 1 UNIT, FACE OF THE NO. 1 ENTRY, AT THE END OF THE LINE CURTAIN WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE PINS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ARM AND L EG AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT ANKLE. THIS RESULTED IN AFRACTURE TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

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