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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fatal · 220090500012 · 02/17/2009 · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Haul/Off road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber tire truck driver, Transportation truck driver
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
WOOD ITEMS,NEC
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
James O Bunn; Franklin D Robertson
Operator
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Mine
1103147

Narrative

A truck driver was delivering a load of lumber to the mine site. While the fork truck operator was unloading the truck, the truck driver walked around the other side of the truck when the fork truck operator accidentally pushed over a bundle of lumber, crushing the truck driver fatally.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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