# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220122130026` · 07/27/2012 · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 252
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Arch Coal Inc.; Franklin D.  Robertson; James O.  Bunn
- **Operator:** Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
- **Mine:** [1103147](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1103147)
## Narrative

Employee was bent over picking up line curtain. When he lifted up he was struck by a rock that fell from the roof. The rock hit him in the upper back across the shoulder blades.

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