CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A coal miner died Wednesday in a workplace accident in northern West Virginia.
The governor’s office says 26-year-old Trenten Dille of Littleton died Wednesday while working in the underground section of a Marion County Coal Resources mine.
Preliminary information indicates the edge or rib of a coal support pillar fell and struck Dille, who was a section foreman. The accident is being investigated by the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training.
The mine is operated by American Consolidated Natural Resources Holdings Inc. of St. Clairsville, Ohio.
It is the third fatality involving a U.S. coal mine this year.
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