# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220032190025` · 08/05/2003 · Bluff Spur Coal Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 57
- **Mine experience:** 2.76 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cumberland Resources Corporation
- **Operator:** Bluff Spur Coal Corporation
- **Mine:** [4405559](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4405559)
## Narrative

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. 2 ROLLS OF BOLTS HAD BEEN PUT UP, AND WHILE WAITING FOR DRILL TO BE MOVED, HE WAS GETTING MORE BOLTS WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF RIB HITTING EE ON LOWER LEFT LEG AND ANK LE.

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