# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220090120076` · 12/29/2008 · Performance Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **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:** Bar down, Includes scaling
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 9
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Performance Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4608436](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608436)
## Narrative

The employee was pulling a loose rib with a slate bar. As the rib fell, more rib fell than he had anticipated, hitting the slate bar causing the employee to twist his lower back. The employee was reffered to a specialist that ordered a CAT Scan. The specialist on Tuesday 1/6/09, after getting the CAT Scan results, released the employee to return to work on 1/12/09.

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