# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220121980033` · 07/13/2012 · Canyon Fuel Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Continuous miner
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- **Days lost:** 16
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Arch Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Canyon Fuel Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4201566](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4201566)
## Narrative

Operator was cutting a crosscut. As mining advanced, operator stepped away from rib mesh to look at cutting. At this point a rib fell and knocked operator to the ground. Operator received two broken ribs, cuts to the face, and a pulled shoulder.

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