One Dead In Marshall County Mining Accident
One miner died after suffering head and neck injuries Friday morning at a Marshall County mine, according to Marshall County EMA Director Tom Hart.
Hart said Marshall County 911 received a call from the Ohio County Mine Golden Ridge Portal in Dallas at 10:31 a.m. Friday requesting EMS for a working that had been crushed with head and neck injuries.
The name of the miner has not been released.
Dallas EMS and Marshall County EMS were dispatched and air medical was requested, Hart said. Ohio County EMS and the Stone Church and West Finley, Pennsylvania, volunteer fire departments were requested for mutual aid. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department also was dispatched and the Marshall County Medical Examiner was requested by EMS on the scene to respond.
It was the second death from a mining accident in two days. On Thursday, Aaron Warrix, a shuttle car operator at the Panther Eagle Horse Creek Mine in Raleigh County was killed in an accident.





