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February 13, 2013 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Knight Hawk Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

At approximately 8:35pm the miner operator was fatally injured when he caught himself between the tail of the miner and the coal rib.

February 17, 2009 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC · Struck by falling object

A truck driver was delivering a load of lumber to the mine site. While the fork truck operator was unloading the truck, the truck driver walked around the other side of the truck when the fork truck operator accidentally pushed over a bundle of lumber, crushing the truck driver fatally.

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