# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220050540052` · 02/08/2005 · Mettiki Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Bar down, Includes scaling
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
- **Days lost:** 23
- **Mine experience:** 12.17 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Mettiki Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [1800621](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1800621)
## Narrative

Person was cutting wire screen down and scaling loose roof rock down at crosscut into #2 entry, that had just been mined through. A piece of rock fell on his left foot while he was scaling it down from roof, causing injury to left foot.

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