# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220240540012` · 02/19/2024 · Allegheny Metallurgical, 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:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Longwall, Shear, Plow
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2.4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** American Metals & Coal International Inc.; POSCO-NCR Coal Ltd; JAZ Ventu
- **Operator:** Allegheny Metallurgical, LLC
- **Mine:** [4609447](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4609447)
## Narrative

Injured employee was operating the longwall shearer when the employee was struck on the right index finger by a piece of rock resulting in a laceration requiring four sutures to close.

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