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Update: Marshall County mining fatality

CAMERON, W.Va. – Additional details are released in the fatal mining accident earlier this month in Marshall County.

A roof and rib fall at a Marshall County coal mine March 8 killed an Ohio man according to the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training.

Investigators said John Garloch, 45, of Neffs, Ohio, an assistant longwall coordinator at the McElroy Mine, was killed in the collapse that happened at around 9 p.m. at the Cameron Portal.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration, Garloch, was shoveling loose material between the longwall face and the pan line when rock from the face hit him.

The piece of rock was an estimated 12 feet long by 5 feet wide and about a foot thick.

Two other miners were injured and taken to area hospitals.

The mine is owned Murray Energy. The accident happened at the mine’s 12 East longwall face.





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