# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220072610058` · 09/14/2007 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Inspect equipment or mine
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 3
- **Mine experience:** 4.77 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
- **Mine:** [4406929](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406929)
## Narrative

The injured employee stepped up to the miner to check the pressures on the mobile roof supports when an undetectable rib and brow fell striking the employee on his back and his legs riding him to the mine floor. The rock brow measured 7.5' long x 14"" wide x 0-16"" thick.

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