# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220213020012` · 10/20/2021 · Prairie State Generating Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Idle
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 28
- **Mine experience:** 0.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Prairie State Energy Campus Management Inc
- **Operator:** Prairie State Generating Company LLC
- **Mine:** [1103193](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/1103193)
## Narrative

After completing a mucking cycle IE was waiting on drill basket to be sent in. IE was standing at shaft bottom when a rock loosened behind the shaft liner and fell from approximately 33' striking IE in the back of the head, neck, and shoulders. The loose rock come from fire clay that was saturated with water causing a piece of black shale approximately 18""x6""x6"" to fall.

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