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Accident at Indiana Coal Mine
At approximately 10:43 a.m. CDT, on August 10, 2007, three contractor/miners were fatally injured at Gibson County Coal, LLC. The contractor was nearing completion of a shaft sinking project into the mine (approximately 500 feet) when the victims fell from a muck bucket being used in construction down the shaft. Gibson Mine is owned by Alliance Resource Partners LP. The contractors worked for Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc., of Evansville, Ind. MSHA officials are at the mine site and will launch a full investigation into the accident. |
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