# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220002490013` · 08/21/2000 · Four Corners Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Timberman
- **Activity:** Timbering, Build cribs
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 45
- **Mine experience:** 0.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James C  Justice II
- **Operator:** Four Corners Corp
- **Mine:** [4608776](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608776)
## Narrative

HE WAS HELPING MINER OPERATOR SET LIFT TIMBERS IN #5 ENTRY WHEN A KETTLE BOTTOM PINCHED OUT BETWEEN TWO ROOF BOLT PLATES. HE HAD HIS BACK TURNED AWAY FROM IT AND DIDN'T SEE IT. PART OF IT ST RUCK HIS BACK SIDE. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ER AND THEY X-RAYED HIM, CHECKED HIM AND SENT HIM HOME.

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