# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220151390013` · 05/11/2015 · Eastern Associated Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by rolling or sliding 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:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Eastern Associated Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [4601456](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601456)
## Narrative

Employee stated that while tramming the continuous miner out of a place on the 1 North Mains section the boom of the miner contacted the rib.  After shutting off the power on the machine, injured employee rested his hand on the boom to check the cable when a piece of the rib rolled off and struck his right thumb causing a fracture.

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