# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220040420018` · 02/09/2004 · Stillwater Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Operator:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2401879](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2401879)
## Narrative

PANEL 11D IN STOPPING AREA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOTE MINED AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SANDFILLED. THE HANGING WALL OF THE MINED PANEL HAD STARTED SLOUGHING DURING THE PROCESS. ON 2-9-04 EE'S NOTIFIED SUPERVISION THAT THE BOLTED PORTION OF THE HANGING WALL HAD FAILED. EE'S WERE REMOVED AND THE AREA BARRICADED.

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