# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220201200020` · 04/21/2020 · Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Longwall, Shear, Plow
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 117
- **Mine experience:** 16 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [0102901](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0102901)
## Narrative

I.E. was operating the headgate drum of the shearer. They were mining toward the headgate when the face rolled out in front of the shearer. A 2'x2'x2' rock came over the spill tray of the panline and struck the employee in the left shin/knee area.

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