# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220082000034` · 07/16/2008 · Ohio County Coal Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
- **Activity:** Observe operations
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 117
- **Mine experience:** 0.21 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Ohio County Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [1517587](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1517587)
## Narrative

Injury was watching the miner in #4 entry on #1 unit cut coal when a piece of rock fell out of the roof between the rib and the pins stricking him on the right leg.

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