# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220170800003` · 03/08/2017 · Prairie State Generating Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling 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:** NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 4.62 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Prairie State Energy Campus Management Inc
- **Operator:** Prairie State Generating Company LLC
- **Mine:** [1103193](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1103193)
## Narrative

The employee was bolting a row of roof bolts when a piece of roof material fell and hit the employee in the nose.

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