# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220020350009` · 01/28/2002 · Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Bulldozer
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 356
- **Mine experience:** 1.75 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** A J  Taft
- **Operator:** Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated
- **Mine:** [0100347](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0100347)
## Narrative

GEOLOGICAL CONDITION, NOT VISIBLE BY OBSERVATION, CAUSED SECTION OF WALL TO FALL ONTO DOZER. OPERATOR SUFFERED MINOR SCRAPES AND BRUSES AND DOZER HAD MODERATE DAMAGE.

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