Sunday 27 January 2013

Leslie County mining accident kills one

Leslie County mining accident kills one: ROCKHOUSE, Ky. (WYMT/WKYT) – A Perry County miner has died after what's being called a machinery maintenance accident at a Leslie County surface mine.

Officials tell us Jerry A. Watts, 52, of Slemp, was killed at the Begley #1 mine site of TNT Energy in Short Creek around 11 a.m.

Officials now say Watts was doing welding work on a liner of a dozer blade when a jack slipped, allowing the liner to strike Watts in the head.

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