# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220022940002` · 10/14/2002 · Powley Sand & Gravel-Div/Seneca Petroleum Co Inc 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Idle
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** O E Hulse III
- **Operator:** Powley Sand & Gravel-Div/Seneca Petroleum Co Inc 
- **Mine:** [1101848](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1101848)
## Narrative

A LOADER OPERATOR WAS SMOTHERED BY A FALL OF MATERIAL FROM THE SAND FACE WHERE HE WAS OPERATING.

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