MINE FATALITY REPORTED Roof Collapse Kills Miner In Monongalia County
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Sep. 14, 2012 8:38 AM EDT
Updated: Sep. 14, 2012 8:51 AM EDT
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Morgantown
, West Virginia
A miner was killed Thursday in an accident at a Monongalia County mine.
William Edward Mock, 61, was killed in a roof collapse at Consol Coal’s Blacksville No. 2 mine. Officials at the Consol mine said Mock was struck by a rock that tumbled from the roof or the wall.
This incident comes after the Mine Safety and Health Administration cited the mining operation for 10 alleged roof-control violations.
This accident was the fifth coal-mining fatality in West Virginia this year.
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