# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220210360020` · 01/25/2021 · Panther Creek Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
- **Activity:** Advance roof support-longwall
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 163
- **Mine experience:** 2.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Operator:** Panther Creek Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [4605437](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4605437)
## Narrative

The employee stated the employee was in the process of installing the last gate shield when a piece of cap coal fell between the shields from the top and struck the employee in the right shoulder at the base of the neck. The employee was taken to a hospital, where the employee was diagnosed with a closed C-7 fractured vertebra. 

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