# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220183470020` · 12/11/2018 · Cedar Lake Mining, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Front-end loader
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 1.4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Freddy  Hunt; Michael T  Costello
- **Operator:** Cedar Lake Mining, Inc.
- **Mine:** [0103444](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0103444)
## Narrative

Victim was operating front-end loader in coal pit area, when a highwall failure occurred, covering the front-end loader completely. 

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