# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220143160063` · 11/06/2014 · Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, Drilling
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FACE,NEC
- **Days lost:** 15
- **Mine experience:** 0.98 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4606618](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4606618)
## Narrative

Employee stated that as he was attempting to remove the drill steel from the hole he had just drilled in the mine roof, a section of draw rock fell out and struck him on the head and face.

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