# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220060760025` · 03/13/2006 · Canyon Fuel Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Examiner, Fire boss, Pre-shift examiner, Mine examiner
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 64
- **Mine experience:** 2.46 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Arch Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Canyon Fuel Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4200089](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4200089)
## Narrative

EE was assisting a continuous miner operator when a section of roof fell. The coal section broke into smaller pieces whe it came in contact with the shuttle car he was standing near. This caused  a piece of coal approx. 3'x 3'x 6' to strike the injured EE from the side near his knee pushing his leg in a horizontal motion.

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