Dickenson County, VA — A mine worker was hospitalized following an accident in Dickenson County, Virginia, on Monday, July 27, 2015. The accident took place in at Paramont Coal Company Deep Mine 26, around 10:30 in the morning.
The victim’s name hasn’t been released. Officials have said only that he’s 44 years old. The man was installing roof bolts at the mine when his arm was caught and twisted in the drill steel.
Local sources say that the man works for Bates Contracting.
Following the accident, the man was taken to Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, for treatment. The accident is still being investigated.
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