# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220230860037` · 03/18/2023 · Hamilton County Coal, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Timbering, Build cribs
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 1.48 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Hamilton County Coal, LLC
- **Mine:** [1103203](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1103203)
## Narrative

The fatally injured miner and co-workers were in the process of building cribs during recovery of a longwall shield when unconsolidated rocks fell through the roof mesh and struck the miner.

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