Fatality #9 - July 28, 2009

At 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, a 27 year-old Equipment Operator employed by Hawkeye Contracting, LLC, with si years mining eperience was fatally injured when the loaded articulated dump truck he was operating overturned into a newly constructed sediment pond. The driver was traveling in reverse along a narrow road adjacent to the pond. The truck rolled onto its top, trapping the driver under water. 



The accident occurred because the equipment operator failed to maintain full control of the articulated truck while it was in motion.