# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220242780023` · 09/25/2024 · Crimson Oak Grove Resources LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Ventilation maintenance
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 3.13 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alabama Kanu Holdings LLC
- **Operator:** Crimson Oak Grove Resources LLC
- **Mine:** [0100851](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0100851)
## Narrative

It was determined that the employee had previously mined the #3 entry on the 7S section.  The employee had moved the CM outby 12 crosscut and had walked back to the last row of support in the #3 entry to adjust the tubing.  A rock fell from just inby the last row of permanent support and struck the employee taking them to the ground.  This fatality was investigated by MSHA.

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