# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220011760100` · 06/17/2001 · Mettiki Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Bull gang, Faceman, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 8.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Mettiki Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [1800621](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1800621)
## Narrative

PERSON WAS WALKING ACROSS LONGWALL FACE AND PUT HIS HAND ON CABLE TRAY RAIL TO STEP OVER SOME MATERIAL IN WALKWAY. WHILE HAND WAS ON RAIL, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN #81 AND #82 SUPPORTS AND STRUCK HIS HAND, CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER.

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