# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220100480048` · 02/11/2010 · Big River Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 170
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Coal Field Transports, Inc.
- **Operator:** Big River Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [4609136](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609136)
## Narrative

Offside bolter operator was putting up the inside bolt of an entry in the face on West Mains when a piece of drawrock fell from inby. The drawrock fell onto the T-bar over his canopy onto a rib and on his lower legs. The rock measured 4'x5'x4"" and took several workers to remove from the operators legs. He was taken to the ER and has been hospitatlized due

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