# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220020980135` · 03/29/2002 · Premier Elkhorn Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner helper, Coal mole helper, Bridgeman
- **Activity:** Observe operations
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** TOE(S)/PHALANGES
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.07 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** TECO Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Premier Elkhorn Coal Company
- **Mine:** [1518370](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1518370)
## Narrative

EE WAS BENT DOWN ON RIGHT KNEE WATCHING MINER CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND RIB STRIKING THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT FRACTURING THE SMALL TOE.

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