# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220032470024` · 08/27/2003 · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
- **Activity:** Cross over (conveyor)
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 106
- **Mine experience:** 0.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4608875](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608875)
## Narrative

ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN A CORSSCUT BETWEEN 6&7 RETURN ENTRY 1ST LEFT PANEL 80' INBY SPAD 46522. EE AND TWO OTHER EE WERE ASSIGNED TO REMOVE KENNEDY STOPPINGS IN THE OLD 1ST LEFT PANEL. AS HE WA S REMOVING THE LAST PANELING FROM THE OLD INTAKE STOPPING A ROCK MEASURING 34"" WIDE X 36"" LONG X 0""-2"" THICK FELL FROMT HE MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK AREA. HE WAS DIAGNOISED AS HAVING

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