# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220150620023` · 02/22/2015 · Brooks Run South Mining, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Continuous miner
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Brooks Run South Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [4606263](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4606263)
## Narrative

Employee was operating a continuous miner in the No.1 entry face during a clean-up of the left side of the entry when a piece of draw rock measuring 67"" long 27"" wide and 0 to 6"" thick fell from between the bolts and the right rib line striking him on the back side of his right ankle. Employee was taken to the hospital where X-Rays revealed a broken bone.

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