# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220101060025` · 04/15/2010 · Highland Mining Company 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:** Idle
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** 4
- **Mine experience:** 5.02 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Highland Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [1502709](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1502709)
## Narrative

EE had been removing concrete blocks from a brattice in order to create a regulator opening. He was using a sledge hammer to remove blocks. He removed his hard hat to wipe perspiration from head/face. While wiping his face, a piece of roof rock struck him on top of his head. He doesn't know how big it was. Received cut on top of head, needed 4 staples. EE missed 4 days.

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