# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220180610021` · 02/14/2018 · Gibson County Coal, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, NEC
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- **Days lost:** 15
- **Mine experience:** 0.65 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Gibson County Coal, LLC
- **Mine:** [1202388](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1202388)
## Narrative

The employee was preparing to roof bolt the crosscut of #5 entry when a rock fell from the unsupported roof on top of the canopy of the roof bolter. The rock broke and cantilevered off the canopy. It landed vertical and when it fell to the side, the employee got caught between the rock and the tray of the roof bolter. This caused a non-displaced fracture to one rib.

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