# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220013020125` · 10/19/2001 · Echo Bay Minerals Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Echo Bay Mines Ltd
- **Operator:** Echo Bay Minerals Company
- **Mine:** [4503336](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4503336)
## Narrative

WHILE BACKFILLING 2535 SAD STOPE, A MINER HEARING ROCK FALL, THE SUPERVISOR RESPONDED AND SAW AND HEARD A FALL OF GROUND, THE EXTENT TO WHICH HE DID NOT INVESTIGATE. HE BARRICADED THE ENTRAN CE AND ON 10-22-01 WE INVESTIGATED AND OBSERVED A FALL OF GROUND AT OR ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE OF 7 FT SPLIT SETS IN THE BACK. ESTIMATED ABOUT 500 TONS, ABOUT 50 TONS FELL IN AN AREA BY PERSONNEL.

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