Fatality · MSHA Record #219890260146

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Knottsville Mine (Lanham Coal Company Inc), KY, December 29, 1988

at 11:00 AM

On December 29, 1988, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a slip or fall of person accident at Knottsville Mine (Lanham Coal Company Inc), KY.

Knottsville Mine · Surface · Coal

Operator: Lanham Coal Company Inc (Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated)

Contractor on site: BSJ

Daviess County, KY

Classification SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE WAS TARPING LOADED TRACTOR TRAILER WHEN HELOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL FROM THE TRAILOR.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: GROUND
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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