Author: Charles E. McGraw

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Published: 1990

Total Pages: 0

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“About 2 p.m., July 31, 1990, an explosives accident occurred in the last open crosscut between the Nos. 1 and 2 Right entries of Granny Rose Coal Company’s No. 3 Mine. Six miners were present on the working section at the time of the explosion. Three of the miners died instantly as a result of the explosion. Two other miners were admitted to the hospital for observation because of smoke inhalation and other trauma. The remining miner was not injured.......The accident and resultant fatalities occurred because mine management failed to take proper measures to ensure entries and crosscuts were mined in the proper direction and alignment.”