January 26, 1989
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Flaget Fuels Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPL WAS LOADING TRUCK WITH CAOL BY HAND. HE WAS DAVISED OF IMMINENT DANGER & ESCORTED FROM PIT BY FIRER OF SHOT. HE PROCEEDED OUT OF PIT & ROCEEDED TWOARDS FIRER. FIRER MOTIONED FRO HIM T AKE TRUCK AWAY FROM DANGER. EMPL TURNED BACK TO CHECK EQUIPMENT ASSUMING DRIVER HAD LEFT JOB FROM THAT POINT ON NORMAL CONDITIONS WERE FOLLOWED. SHOT WAS DETONATED ABOUT 9:22 AM. DRIVER HAD