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May 15, 2012 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Sterling Materials · Struck against stationary object

Still under investigation. ** The miner was operating a loaded 40 ton articulated haul truck down a slope when the truck went out of control and hit a rib. The cab section overturned. The victim was ejected from the truck. **

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