# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220011170001` · 03/29/2001 · Performance Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Continuous miner
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Performance Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4608436](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4608436)
## Narrative

EE HAD WALKED UP #2 ENTRY & INTO THE BREAKTHROUGH BETWEEN #2 & #3 PILLAR BLOCKS TO WHERE A SCOOP HAD BEEN PARKED. THE FOREMAN & SCOOP OPERATOR WERE IN FRONT OF SCOOP PREPARING TO SET TIMBERS. EE CALLED OUT & ASKED FOREMAN WHERE TO MINE NEXT& FOREMAN NOTICED HIS LIGHT DISAPPEAR. EE WAS DISCOVERED WITH A ROCK(8"" H, 4'W, 6'L) ON HIM. GIVEN FIRST-AID, FLOWN TO HOSP., DIED 2 DAYS LATER.

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