# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220080320069` · 03/27/2007 · M & G Mining, 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:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 278
- **Mine experience:** 0.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Robert O  Roan
- **Operator:** M & G Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [1518857](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1518857)
## Narrative

EE was welding an I Beam onto the highwall miner. As he was doing this, a piece of coal about the size of a football, fell from the highwall and struck EE in the back. He was transported by vehicle to St. Marys Hospital in Lafollette, TN. After x-rays, EE was diagnosed with a deep bruise to the back and no bones broken. EE did not start to lose time til 5/4/07.

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