# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220021120097` · 04/10/2002 · The Doe Run Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 37
- **Mine experience:** 5.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Renco Group
- **Operator:** The Doe Run Company
- **Mine:** [2300457](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2300457)
## Narrative

THE EE WAS ENTERING THE CAB OF A SCALER WHEN LOOSE FELL ON THE END OF THE EXTENDED BOOM. THE CAB INSTANLY ""BOUNCED"" TWO OR THREE TIMES, THROWING THE EE AGAINST THE ROOF OF THE CAB, AND THEN AP PARENTLY ONTO THE GROUND. THE EE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL, AND THEN ANOTHER HOSPITAL. HE IS TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS OF THERAPY FOR HIS STRAINED BACK, AT WHICH TIME, IT IS HOPEFUL THAT H

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