# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220022310094` · 08/13/2002 · Carmeuse Lime and Stone
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Bar down, Includes scaling
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 58
- **Mine experience:** 6.73 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Oglebay Norton Company
- **Operator:** Carmeuse Lime and Stone
- **Mine:** [4002113](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4002113)
## Narrative

EE AND COWORKER WERE IN 5 WEST TO 6 HAND SCALING ROOF. THEY WERE APPROXIMATELY 60' IN THE AIR NEAR THE ROOF. THEY HAD SOUNDED THE ROOF PREVIOUSLY AND IT SOUNDED SOLID. EE WAS REACHING TO SCALE A ROCK ABOUT 4' FROM BASKET WHEN THE ROCK ABOVE HIM FELL. FOUR ROCKS FELL, SOME STRIKING HIM, RANGING FROM 100 TO 500 LBS. COWORKER WAS NOT HIT BY ANY ROCK.

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