# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220131820027` · 06/27/2013 · Mettiki Coal WV, LLC 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Pumper
- **Activity:** Move non-self-propelled equip
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 26
- **Mine experience:** 2.62 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Mettiki Coal WV, LLC 
- **Mine:** [4609028](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609028)
## Narrative

Employee was retrieving a mine de-watering pump, when the rib sloughed/rolled out and struck the employees hand against the pump, causing injury to his thumb.

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