May 23, 2006
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Bros Coal LLC
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND OVERTURNED. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE VICTIM WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE TRUCK. THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE BODY WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE BREATHITT COUNTY CORONER & THEN TO FRANKFORT FOR AUTOPSY.