Officials: 2 coal miners dead in Kentucky accident
By The Associated Press
This article was originally published April 29, 2010 at 11:26 a.m. Updated April 29, 2010 at 4:16 p.m.
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PROVIDENCE, Ky. — 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 (doh-TEE’-kee) 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.
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GWayne says... April 29, 2010 at 10:08 p.m.
You are in our prayers, my grandfather was a miner in Kentuckey and died from Black Lung before I was born. I know Mining was inportant to him- he never enjoyed farming!
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