# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220193240003` · 11/18/2019 · Wolf Run Mining 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, NEC
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Arch Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Wolf Run Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [4604168](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4604168)
## Narrative

While positioned at the drilling station of the roof bolter, the employee was going to walk toward the back of the machine. As EE placed hand on the bolter tray to assist with stepping up into the bolter walkway, a rock fell from the roof pinching EE's hand between the rock and the tray. This resulted in a laceration to the left forefinger and two fractures to the left hand.

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