# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220102640034` · 09/13/2010 · Elk Run Coal Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Crawling, Kneeling
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Elk Run Coal Company Inc
- **Mine:** [4608553](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608553)
## Narrative

EE knelt down by the pressure pump to fill out a report. He removed his gloves and laid his left hand on the pressure pump cage as he knelt. His head bumped a pizza pan and dislodged a rock measuring 14""X12""X1. It fell and cut three outside fingers. He finished the shift. Clinic did not treat the cut except for antiseptic until an orthopedic could on 9/16/10. Found small fracture.

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