# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220132330015` · 08/16/2013 · Hanover Resources, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **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:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 111
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Douglas M  Epling
- **Operator:** Hanover Resources, LLC
- **Mine:** [4605315](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4605315)
## Narrative

Employee was retrieving nails from roof bolter when a piece of rib material, 6'L x 3'W x 12"" thick, fell, striking him from behind, injuring his left knee.

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