# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220052940059` · 10/05/2005 · Webster County Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner helper, Coal mole helper, Bridgeman
- **Activity:** Move power cable
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 16
- **Mine experience:** 1.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Webster County Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [1502132](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1502132)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL MINER CABLE BACK AS THE MINER WAS MOVING. AS HE WAS PULLING, A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING THE BACK OF HIS LEG, INJURING HIS ACHILLES TENDON. THE DOCTOR ORDERED AN MRI AND WOULD NOT RELEASE EMPLOYEE TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL HE SAW THE RESULTS.

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