# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220083240045` · 11/17/2008 · Big Laurel Mining Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Hand load, Hand shoveling
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EAR(S) EXTERNAL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cumberland Resources Corporation
- **Operator:** Big Laurel Mining Corporation
- **Mine:** [4407087](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4407087)
## Narrative

The injured was shoveling loose coal along the right rib of the no. 4 face of the section when a small piece of coal rolled from the rib and struck him on the left ear. This resulted in a laceration which required sutures.

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