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Updated: 5:28 PM Apr 29, 2010
Officials: 2 coal miners dead in Kentucky accident
A rescue team has found a second Kentucky miner dead after a roof collapse at an underground coal mine with a long history of safety problems.
Posted: 5:26 PM Apr 29, 2010 |
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PROVIDENCE, Ky. (AP) -- A rescue team has found a second Kentucky miner dead after a roof collapse at an underground coal mine with a long history of safety problems.
Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing spokesman Dick Brown said the two miners were found dead Thursday after the accident at the Dotiki Mine in western Kentucky.
Rescue workers earlier found the body of one miner trapped under rock. They had to retreat for a time when the roof become unstable, sending down a shower of rocks.
Gov. Steve Beshear identified the miners as 27-year-old Justin Travis and 28-year-old Michael Carter.
State and federal records show more than 40 closure orders over safety violations since January 2009. Officials with mine operator Alliance Coal Co. didn't return calls seeking comment.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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