# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220201770013` · 06/16/2020 · Cargill Salt 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** SCALP
- **Days lost:** 5
- **Mine experience:** 2.56 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cargill Inc
- **Operator:** Cargill Salt 
- **Mine:** [3000663](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3000663)
## Narrative

Employee was working in #1 shaft, standing on the work deck for #2 hoist. A piece of rock was falling down the shaft and ricocheted off a divider into the work deck. The rock landed on top of an employees hard hat causing a laceration to the top of the employees head.  

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