# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220040260012` · 01/13/2004 · Kingwood Mining Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** —
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** Escaping a hazard
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Kingwood Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4608751](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4608751)
## Narrative

PILLARING, THE EE WAS WITH THE MINER OP., HELPING WATCH THE TOP, MOVE MINER CABLE AND SET POSTS.THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TOSSING THE CABLE WHEN THE OPERATOR TURNED AND NOTICED A CRACK ABO VE HIS HEAD. THE OPERATOR WARNED THE EE OF THE HAZARD BUT WHEN HE TURNED TO EXIT THE HAZARD, A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS SHOULDER AND RT. FOOT.

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