# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220112730015` · 09/26/2011 · Bell County Coal Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 188
- **Mine experience:** 1.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Operator:** Bell County Coal Corporation
- **Mine:** [1519318](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1519318)
## Narrative

EE was helping change a hydraulic hose on the roof bolter when a rib rolled off and struck him in the hip and leg area. EE was treated and the mine and transported to Middlesboro ARH however he was airlifted to the University of Tennessee hospital rather than MARH. He had surgery for a fracture in the hip and he also had a compression fracture of the L2 vertebrae.

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