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W.Va. Leads in Coal Mining Deaths for 2012January 4, 2013CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia led the nation in coal deaths in 2012, accounting for seven of the 19 miners killed on the job in U.S. coal mines, preliminary federal figures show.... Showing 4 of 4 comments
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WWUthinking
Good Ol’e West Virginia, Walk Around, Climb Over and Stumble Past 5 or 6 Federal Mine Safety Violations to give a Miner on lunch break a $100.00 Fine for Littering when the sandwich wrapper blows out of his open lunch pail.
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idliketoknow
I wonder how many truck driver fatalities there were last year while on the job in WV. Or how many heavy equipment operators died at construction sites last year in WV. Writing an article about 7 miner deaths in WV seems kind of arbitrary doesn't it? Surely not an attack on coal because that NEVER happens.
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mikeyd
how many miners do we have compared to these other states?
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LoriAA
Isn't Wva one of the largest coal mine states in the country?
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