# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220022250024` · 08/08/2002 · Peabody Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Handling explosives
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CONCUSSION-BRAIN,CEREBRAL
- **Body part:** BRAIN
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** 7.19 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Peabody Coal Company
- **Mine:** [1508357](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1508357)
## Narrative

EE REPORTED: HELPING COWORKERS PLACE EXPLOSIVES ON LARGE ROCKS IN FRONT OF SHIELDS AT TAILGATE AREA OF LONGWALL FACE LINE. HE WAS STANDING UNDER SHIELDS NO. 136 & 137 WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROC K FELL FROM BETWEEN THE TWO SHIELDS. THE ROCK STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS HEAD JUST UNDER HIS PROTECTIVE MINE CAP RESULTING IN A SMALL LACERATION AND A MILD CONCUSSION.

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