# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220152880002` · 10/10/2015 · Emerald Processing, LLC.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Mantrip
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 9
- **Mine experience:** 0.54 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Emerald Processing, LLC.
- **Mine:** [4608759](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608759)
## Narrative

The employee was operating the 953 mantrip traveling towards the elevator bottom when a piece of draw rock fell and struck his left hand while it was on the brake lever. The rock caused a laceration to his little finger that required sutures. The employee did not return to work on his next scheduled shift.

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