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According to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, Colton Walls, a longwall electrician, received an injury to the back of his head on Sept. 28.
The 34-year-old Walls died on Oct. 4. He had 14 years of experience.
Walls’ death was the second in recent months at the Arch Resources Leer mine. William J. Crandall, 57, was killed there in August.
Last month, Gary A. Chapman, 33, was killed at the Arch Resources Mountaineer II mine in Logan County.
Arch miners in West Virginia account for three of the 10 total coal mine fatalities nationwide this year. Arch, based in St. Louis, did not respond to a request for comment.
Arch plans to merge with Consol Energy, based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, early next year.
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The nonprofit newsroom ProPublica has been reporting on the use of public money to fund private education. Earlier this month, ProPublica published a series of stories about how they, along with Mountain State Spotlight, opened a school in West Virginia. Reporter Jennifer Smith Richards spoke with Chris Schulz about the experience and what it says about modern education.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released the preliminary report on a mine accident that resulted in the death of a miner on Oct. 8.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA U.S. Energy official visited the West Virginia University campus Tuesday, to promote an effort to increase the number of graduates with expertise in mining, minerals and associated supply chain technologies.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Week, the coal industry gets a lifeline, the U.S. Secretary of Education comes to Cabell County, and WMUL wins a Murrow – again.
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