# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220041180012` · 04/20/2004 · Dickenson-Russell Coal Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, NEC
- **Injury source:** APPAREL,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Dickenson-Russell Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4406975](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4406975)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS MARKING OFF BOLT HOLE. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL, STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT, PUSHING IT FORWARD DOWN ON HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF THE NOSE. THIS EMPLOYEE WORKS A 4 ON AND 4 OFF SCHEDULE. THE 20TH WAS HIS FIFTH DAY AND HE WILL BE OFF UNTIL 4/24/04.

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