# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220090560027` · 02/20/2009 · Mammoth Coal Co.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by rolling or sliding object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Shuttle car, Ram car, Buggy
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.06 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Mammoth Coal Co.
- **Mine:** [4609108](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609108)
## Narrative

Employee had almost completed loading a shuttle car. A rock measuring 91"" x 13"" x 11.5"" fell from top and landed on the boom of the miner. It traveled the conveyor to the shuttle car. Since the car was almost loaded the rock slid off the side of the shuttle car and struck employee in the left leg.

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