# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220032190032` · 07/29/2003 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Timbering, Build cribs
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 57
- **Mine experience:** 0.53 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
- **Mine:** [4406846](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406846)
## Narrative

THE ALLEGED INJURY WAS TO HAVE OCCURRED WHILE THE EE & HIS HELPER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING TIMBERS & COLLARS. AS THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING TIMBERS, AN UNDETECTED PIECE OF D RAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN PERMANENT SUPPORTS IMPACTING THE EE ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT. THE ROCK MEASURED 24"" X 17"" X 0-8"" THICK & THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE AREA WAS 8'4"" HIGH & EE'S APPROXIMA

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