November 6, 2004
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
ICG East Kentucky LLC · Struck against a moving object
Employee was driving the bus (man-trip) on the main haul road between valleyfill #14 and #8 1/2 when a rock rolled off of the spoil bank and struck the bus on the right front corner (the passenger side). He was the only occupant and received a cut over left eye and a puncture wound to lower right leg.