Roof collapses in Kentucky coal mine, killing 1

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Part of the roof collapsed Tuesday at a coal mine in eastern Kentucky, killing one miner, a state official said.

The rock fall occurred about 900 feet inside the Maverick Mining Co. LLC mine in Pikeville, near the Virginia line, said Chuck Wolfe, spokesman for the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing.

Wolfe said Tuesday night the miner who was killed was the only person harmed. The miner was identified as Cornelius Yates, 44.

Suzy Bohnert, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration, said federal officials were on the scene.

Wolfe said a nine-person rescue crew was sent to the mine when the accident was reported shortly after 3 p.m. EST.

A person who answered the phone at Maverick Mining in Pikeville declined comment.

Last week, 12 miners died after an explosion in a coal mine in West Virginia.

Guys be safe. I now it's hard to predict a roof fall. But be safe in there.
We can't begin to accept just any mining deaths as a part of the job again.
It once was. But never let it be again.

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it is weird how many accidents they have been lately

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Jesus... this is terrible, and goes to show just how dangerous and unpredictable it can be to work in the mines.

My sympathy goes out to the families who've had to deal with these tragedies. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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i be sure to remember this mans family and friends in this time of sorrow.
Also i would like to add we all need to say an extra prayer for the men and women who enter the mines ever day.