# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220121930017` · 07/09/2012 · Dorchester Enterprises, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 48
- **Mine experience:** 1.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Dorchester Enterprises, Inc.
- **Mine:** [4407052](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4407052)
## Narrative

After employee drilled a hole for the roof bolt he was installing the glue in the hole when a piece of draw rock 18""x12""x3"" dislodged from the roof striking employee on right shoulder, scraping right side of lower back.

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