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Local coal miner killed in Friday night accident
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LOGAN, W.Va. — A Pike County coal miner died Friday evening while working at a mine in Logan County, West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice announced. Gary Chapman, 33, of South Williamson, Kentucky, died from injuries sustained at the Mountaineer II Mine near Sharples, according to the governor’s statement. “When we lose a…
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Rescue efforts continue for two men trapped in collapsed coal tipple at Pontiki Plant
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — A search and rescue for two men trapped at the Pontiki Coal Preparation Plant in Martin County continued at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday. The men became trapped at around 6:30 p.m. when a 12-story coal tipple they were dismantling collapsed. The two, part of the Stanley Skeens Contracting team…
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Kentucky coal miner killed in Mingo County
First U.S. coal mining fatality of the year BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN THACKER, W.Va. — A coal miner has died in a mining-related accident in Mingo County. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said in a news release Sunday that 73-year-old William Mapes, of Freeburn, Kentucky, died Sunday afternoon. Mapes was working as a contractor…
