Twenty-five miners dead, at least four unaccounted for, after explosion at Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia.
SHOCK: Twenty-five miners dead, at least four unaccounted for Monday after an explosion at an underground mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia. The blast occurred at the mine, operated by Massey subsidiary Performance Coal Co., around 3 p.m. at the company's Upper Big Branch mine. The mine is located about 30 miles south of Charleston.
At least three fatalities have occurred at the mine in the past dozen years. In 1998, a worker was killed when a support beam collapsed, dumping bags of cement mix and other materials onto the man, according to a report from the federal Mine Safety & Health Administration. Federal investigators blamed poor welding and construction.
In 2001, another worker at the mine died after a portion of roof fell in on him, and an electrician died after being electrocuted while repairing a shuttle car there in 2003. Source: Fox News
According to media reports, the mine produced 1.2 million tons of coal in 2009. You will recall in 2006, 12 miners died as a result of a methane explosion at the Sago Mine, also located in West Virginia.
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