# FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
> MSHA accident `220241030027` · 04/04/2024 · Tunnel Ridge, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Continuous miner
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** 130
- **Mine experience:** 10.44 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Tunnel Ridge, LLC
- **Mine:** [4608864](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4608864)
## Narrative

The miner crew was mining crosscut 3 to 2. The back bumper of the miner was positioned near the inby corner of the crosscut. As the employee reached for the lever to lower the ATRS jack, the rib rolled off the corner and a rock struck employee's left forearm, pinching it between the miner frame and the rock.

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