# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220010780051` · 03/09/2001 · Eighty Four Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 329
- **Mine experience:** 4.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Eighty Four Mining Company
- **Mine:** [3600958](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/3600958)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A CRIB BLOCK UNDER THE TOE OF A SHIELD AND WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG (AT THE CALF) BY A PIECE OF ROCK THAT HAD FALLEN OUT FROM BETWEEN THE SHIELDS.

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