# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220112100030` · 07/23/2011 · Excel Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
- **Activity:** Mantrip
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LEG, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 180
- **Mine experience:** 10.6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Excel Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [1508079](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1508079)
## Narrative

Employee was riding on a rubber tire 4 wheeler. While traveling outby along 2D travelway, when a piece of falling material fell from the mine roof, striking employee on both legs, resulting in a fracture of the right femur and left knee cap.

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