‘06 coal-mining deaths state’s most since 1981
By Ken Ward Jr.
Staff writer The Charleston Gazette
Wednesday January 03, 2007
Twenty-four West Virginia coal miners died on the job in 2006, the most in any single year for a quarter-century, according to state records.
Nationwide, 47 coal miners were killed, the largest annual death toll since 1995, according to [...]
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