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Miner Killed In Greene County

Falling Rock At Bailey Mine Kills Man

POSTED: 10:19 am EDT June 24, 2009
UPDATED: 2:40 pm EDT June 24, 2009

Officials with the Department of Environmental Protection have confirmed a miner is dead after an accident in Greene County.

The accident happened around 11 p.m. at Consol Energy's Bailey Mine near Claysville.

According to the DEP Robert Maust, 54, of Uniontown, was pronounced dead after he was struck by a falling rock.

Maust had been a coal miner for 10 years and worked for Consol for two years.

To view a history of accident reports at the mine posted on the DEP's Web site, visit www.dep.state.pa.us/dms_apps/accident_mine.asp.




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