Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver, Transportation Truck Driver fatality

February 17, 2009 at 12:10 PM

Prairie Eagle-Underground · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · Perry County, IL

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

Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Activity at time: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Source of injury: WOOD ITEMS,NEC
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Experience in this job: 5 years
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Coal

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