Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Perry County Mining Accident Results In Death
State officials have confirmed 37 year old Leslie D. Trent of Hazard died at the University of Tennessee Hospital in Knoxville following a crane accident while he was working at a mining site owned by Perry County Coal Corp. Monday afternoon. A spokesman with the Energy and Environment Cabinet says the coal company had hired New York-based Frontier-Kemper Constructors to bore two holes for miner access, and, while Trent and another worker were changing equipment on a crane, the crane arm fell several feet, landing on them. The other worker was transported to University of Kentucky Hospital after suffering a severe cut on the head.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 7:19 PM 
