Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Mining Fatality In Harlan County
KENTUCKY...
A contract employee at an eastern Kentucky mine has died after his vehicle overturned.
A statement from the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety says 32-year-old Rhett Mosley of Perry County died early Tuesday at Rex-Strip Coal Mine in Harlan County. The statement says Mosley was on his way to service equipment when the truck he was driving went out of control.
Mine investigators were on the scene most of the morning and planned to return today to conduct interviews.
Rex-Strip Mine has been closed until further notice, according to the statement.
The death is the seventh mine-related fatality in the state in 2010.
A contract employee at an eastern Kentucky mine has died after his vehicle overturned.
A statement from the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety says 32-year-old Rhett Mosley of Perry County died early Tuesday at Rex-Strip Coal Mine in Harlan County. The statement says Mosley was on his way to service equipment when the truck he was driving went out of control.
Mine investigators were on the scene most of the morning and planned to return today to conduct interviews.
Rex-Strip Mine has been closed until further notice, according to the statement.
The death is the seventh mine-related fatality in the state in 2010.
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