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Robert White, 63, a foreman with more than 40 years of mining experience, died Thursday at the Lower War Eagle mine in Wyoming County, according to Gov. Patrick Morrisey. There have been eight coal mine fatalities nationwide this year, according to MSHA. Six took place in West Virginia. Three of those deaths have occurred in the past six weeks.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJoseph Mitchell was one of two coal miners killed in West Virginia this month. Mitchell was pinned underneath the supply car after it and two locomotives derailed after striking another piece of equipment, MSHA’s preliminary report says on the Nov. 6 incident.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA miner was killed at the Mountain View Mine in Tucker County, West Virginia, on Nov. 6, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Alliance Resource Partners owns the mine. That company is owned by Kelly and Joe Craft, who are prominent political donors in Kentucky.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week on Inside Appalachia, black lung disease is back. In fact, it never went away. Now, younger and younger miners are living with a particularly nasty form of black lung disease. Regulators and the coal industry have known about the problem for decades — but they’ve been slow to respond. One reporter asks, “What would happen if thousands of workers in any other industry got sick and died just because of where they worked?”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAuthorities say a 32-year-old miner has been killed at a mine in southern West Virginia.The Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training says the…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia officials say a coal miner has died from injuries during an accident last week.The state Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training says…
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