# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220040750071` · 03/11/2004 · Echo Bay Exploration Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Kinross Gold Corp
- **Operator:** Echo Bay Exploration Inc.
- **Mine:** [4503336](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4503336)
## Narrative

A FALL OF GROUND OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 1055 SUMP AND 1055 ACCESS WHEN A NOSE CORNER (RIB) FELL OUT, ALONG WITH SOME ROCK IN THE BACK. THE FALL DID NOT OCCUR ABOVE BELT ANCHORAGE, BUT NUMEROUS 7' SPLIT SET BOLTS DID PULL OUT OF A VERY SOFT GUAGE LAYER THAT THEY WERE ANCHORED IN AND WHICH WAS NOT VISIBLE UNTIL AFTER THE FALL. APPROXIMATELY 100 TONS OF ROCK FELL.

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