# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220121180024` · 04/24/2012 · M-Class Mining LLC
## 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:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Set or remove brattice
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FACE,NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Coalfield Transport Inc; Foresight Energy/ Murray Energy
- **Operator:** M-Class Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [1103189](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1103189)
## Narrative

Employee was hanging curtain on the unit and a sharp rock fell and hit him in the left cheek of his face. This happened in the #2 entry of the Headgate #2 Unit. He went to the hospital and received 9 stitches on his face and returned to work.

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