# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220121510032` · 05/22/2012 · Wolf Run 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:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Arch Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Wolf Run Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [4609115](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609115)
## Narrative

The injured employee was cleaning off the miner when a rock fell from the top striking him in the head above the right ear causing a laceration that took 5 staples to close. The employee also struck his right elbow on the machine and x-rays were taken and results were negative.

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