# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220101520006` · 05/20/2010 · Knight Hawk Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK 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:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 169
- **Mine experience:** 1.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James O  Bunn; Franklin D  Robertson
- **Operator:** Knight Hawk Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [1103205](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1103205)
## Narrative

An examiner reported a loose rock to the section face boss. The face boss went and got a pry bar to pull it down with, when he pulled the rock down it landed on its end and tipped over, striking the boss on his left knee. This happened between the #1 and #2 entries in the last open cross-cut of the 2nd East panel.

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