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The employee received a fatal injury after being struck by falling rock.
The employee received fatal injuries when he was struck by a rock that fell from the mine roof. He was involved with longwall shield recovery and was building wooden cribs in an area where a shield had been removed. While in the process of constructing the cribs, he was struck by falling roof material.