# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220152220030` · 08/05/2015 · Bridger Coal Company 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Bull gang, Faceman, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 75
- **Mine experience:** 2.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; IDACORP
- **Operator:** Bridger Coal Company 
- **Mine:** [4801646](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4801646)
## Narrative

Employee was cutting keepers off the connectors that hold longwall pan section together. As he was cutting the keepers, a piece of coal fell and struck him, this resulted in a fractured leg.

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