# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220252300017` · 06/23/2025 · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Bar down, Includes scaling
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
- **Days lost:** 29
- **Mine experience:** 9 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Operator:** Pocahontas Coal Company LLC 
- **Mine:** [4608878](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4608878)
## Narrative

The employee was in the #9 entry on the # 3 section. EE was scaling the mine roof when a rock measuring 3 inches thick by 34 inches wide by 16 inches long fell striking them on the right boot. The area was approximately 6 feet high and damp. the employee suffered a fracture to a small bone on the side of the right foot just below the ankle.

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