Fatality · MSHA Record #220090500012

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Prairie Eagle-Underground (Knight Hawk Coal, LLC), IL, February 17, 2009

at 12:10 PM

On February 17, 2009, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a handling of materials accident at Prairie Eagle-Underground (Knight Hawk Coal, LLC), IL.

Prairie Eagle-Underground · Underground · Coal

Operator: Knight Hawk Coal, LLC (James O Bunn; Franklin D Robertson)

Contractor on site: X367

Perry County, IL

Classification HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator 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.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: WOOD ITEMS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Experience in this job: 5 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220090500012 · Mine ID 1103147 Trainer view →