# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220002870067` · 09/27/2000 · Consolidation Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 56
- **Mine experience:** 10 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Consolidation Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4601968](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601968)
## Narrative

EE WAS CHANGING BITS ON THE LONGWALL SHEARER DRUM AT THE FACE NEAR #9 SHIELD WHEN A PIECE OF FACE ROCK 28""LONG X 12""WIDE X 2""THICK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HARD HAT, NECK, BACK & SHOULDER, THEN DO WN LEFT LEG, RESULTING IN A SPINEOUS PROCESS FRACTURE OF C-7 VERTEBRAE-TIP.

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