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Action plan at Kentucky mine after fatality

AN ACTION plan has been implemented at Huff Creek No. 1 underground mine in Kentucky US to provide additional rock rib support including the installation of 14-foot tensionable cable bolts, 100 ton Heitzman jacks, and meshing after an incident in March killed a continuous miner operator.

Lou Caruana
Action plan at Kentucky mine after fatality

The victim was loading material from a coal transfer chute construction site in the B-Mains No. 3 portion of the mine. A large section of rock rib fell trapping him between the frame of a battery-powered...

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