# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220143500001` · 12/08/2014 · Brooks Run South Mining, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, Drilling
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Brooks Run South Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [4606263](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4606263)
## Narrative

Employee set steel against the top and was moving hand away to start the rotation. A rock that measured 2.5' long X 6"" thick X 1"" wide fell catching hand between rock and the drill pot.

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