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MSHA releases preliminary information on Monongalia mining death

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration released more information late Thursday about a Nov. 10 coal mining accident in Monongalia County that killed an experienced miner.

The Nov. 10 death was the result of a roof fall.
The Nov. 10 death was the result of a roof fall.

MSHA said Raymond Scott Savage, 49, of Maidsville, was struck by a large rock that measured 5 feet by 3 feet by 13 inches thick. Savage was operating a roof bolting machine at Red Bone Mining Company’s Crawdad No. 1 Portal B Mine near Maidsville.

Savage, the section foreman, was struck by the rock that fell from the roof near the area he was working.

Savage had 27 years of mining experience. His death was the 14th mining death of the year in the United States. MSHA said it was the first this year as result of a roof fall.

Both federal and state mine investigators are working on separate investigators into the fatal accident.





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