# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220052780006` · 10/03/2005 · Golden Phoenix Minerals Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by rolling or sliding object
- **Occupation:** Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
- **Activity:** Timbering, Build cribs
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 4
- **Mine experience:** 0.02 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ken  Ripley
- **Operator:** Golden Phoenix Minerals Inc.
- **Mine:** [2600578](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2600578)
## Narrative

Employee was a member of a crew of three men and was assisting the other miners in standing a set of timber in the face. The crew was digging for a foot block and placing a post when a 24""x24"" slab slid off the right rib breaking his leg.

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