# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220020810034` · 03/17/2002 · Stillwater Mining 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:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Operator:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2401490](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2401490)
## Narrative

WHEN MINER NOTICED MOVEMENT IN THE SHOULDER OF DRIFT AND ATTEMPTED TO BAR OUT MATERIAL. WHEN UNABLE TO REMOVE MATERIAL, BARRICADED AREA, FOUND SUPERVISOR FOR PERMISSION TO BLAST OUT. WHEN SUPERVISOR ARRIVED WITH MINER AT SCENE, SOME MATERIAL HAD FALLEN AROUND GROUND SUPPORT AND CONTINUED TO SLOUGH UNTIL REACHING BEYOND EXISTING GROUND SUPPORT.

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