# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220010990051` · 03/30/2001 · Spartan Mining Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by rolling or sliding object
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 109
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Spartan Mining Company Inc
- **Mine:** [4608738](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608738)
## Narrative

EE WAS WALKING FROM #4 ENTRY TO #3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK (PART OF THE RIB) ROLLED OFF STRIKING & COVERING EE. EE'S RIGHT LEG FROM THE KNEE DOWN WAS SURGICALLY AMPUTATED FROM JUST ABOVE THE KNEE

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