# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220083260020` · 11/13/2008 · Remington LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 157
- **Mine experience:** 0.87 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Remington LLC
- **Mine:** [4609230](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609230)
## Narrative

Employee was retrieving a tool from the back of a Johnson Indutries personnel carrier and was struck by a combination of rib coal and roof rock. The material hit employee in the lower back and his legs, forcing him into the back of the personnel carrier. He sustained multiple fractures to the lower leg, crushing injuries  to the right pelvis and right ankle.

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