Special Edition: Coal Fatal Kentucky, 1-14-19

One dead following coal mining accident in Eastern Kentucky
BY MIKE STUNSON AND
BILL ESTEP

JANUARY 14, 2019 12:48 PM,

A man was killed in an equipment accident in a small underground coal mine in Bell County on Monday, the first coal-mining death of the year in Kentucky.

Jeffery Norman Slone, 56, of Clinton, Tenn., was an engineer who was helping make sure the mine was dug straight, according to Jason Steele, deputy coroner in Bell County.

Slone was involved in an accident with a shuttle car. Steele said he could not confirm the cause of Slone’s death before an autopsy scheduled for Tuesday.

The accident happened at the Toms Fork Mine in the Balkan community, near the Harlan County line.

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Update: Officials identify man killed in Bell County mining accident

By WYMT News Staff |
Posted: Mon 12:16 PM, Jan 14, 2019
Updated: Mon 3:57 PM, Jan 14, 2019

BELL COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – The Bell County coroner tells us he was called to the scene of a deadly coal mining accident Monday morning.

It happened off KY-2012 at the Nally and Hamilton mine in the Balkan community, near the Harlan County line.

Officials tell us Jeffrey Norman Slone, 56, of Clinton, Tennessee died in the accident. They said the engineer, contracted by Tenneco Energy, was on mine property when a power haulage accident involving a shuttle car killed him. We are working on getting more details on the incident.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is investigating what happened and is recreating the scene.

We have a reporter at the scene and will update this article as we learn more.

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