Federal mine safety regulators have said West Virginia mine operators caused accidents that killed miners in two separate incidents on consecutive days in June.
Federal mine safety regulators have said West Virginia mine operators caused accidents that killed miners in two separate incidents on consecutive days in June.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 05June 2019
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Twenty-six-year-old Trenten Dille died in a Marion County Coal Resources mine when the rib of a roof support pillar crushed him; a day later, a miner at Alpha Metallurgical Resources’ Horse Creek Eagle Mine died in an electrical haulage accident.