# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220090260074` · 01/09/2009 · Dominion Coal Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Bar down, Includes scaling
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Sunoco, Inc.
- **Operator:** Dominion Coal Corporation
- **Mine:** [4406499](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406499)
## Narrative

EE performing a preshift examination of section & observed a loose rib in the #4 heading near the pillar line. He obtained a pry bar & took down the loose rib. Additional material came off the rib behind the material he had just pulled. Some of the material brushed his left leg & he fell forward. Additional rock & coal fell on his forearm.

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