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Fatality at Kentucky auger mine

A MINER has been fatally injured after he was struck by a rock that fell from the bottom section of the highwall at Green Hill Mining’s GHM#51 mine in Kentucky, US.

Lou Caruana
Fatality at Kentucky auger mine

The 33 year old miner had been changing worn cutter-head bits located at the front of the auger machine when he was felled by the rock measuring approximately 4 feet by 5 feet by 30 inches. In the wake...

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