Miner dies after being pinned between collapsed wall, equipment at Consol coal mine in W.Va.

Worker killed in accident at W.Va. coal mine

FAIRVIEW, W.Va. — A coal miner has died in a Consol Energy mine in northern West Virginia.

State Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training spokesman Hoy Murphy says the victim apparently was killed by a block of coal that fell from the wall of Loveridge Mine in Marion County. The accident occurred about 11:55 a.m. Thursday.

Murphy says the victim was caught between a machine that installs roof supports and a 13-foot-long chunk of the mine wall.

The victim’s name has not been released.

A spokesman for Canonsburg, Pa.-based Consol had no immediate comment.

The death is the 42nd in U.S. coal mines this year, including 29 men who died in an explosion April 5 at Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia.