(Extract from WSAZ.com, USA)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Two miners are in the hospital after two separate accidents in West Virginia.
The latest accident happened around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at the New Town Energy Eagle Mine in Comfort. That's in Boone County.
Jama Jarrett with the Mine Safety Office tells WSAZ.com a mining operator got pinned between a machine and mine wall. The miner was taken to CAMC General with serious injuries.
The other mining related accident happened at the Pinnacle Mine in Wyoming County around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Jarrett tells WSAZ.com a contract worker was working on a mine shaft when he fell through the floor. The man suffered injuries to his head and upper body.
Clifford Natural Resource owns that mine in Wyoming County.
No names have been released at this time.
Editor: Mark Freeman (mark.freeman@industry.nsw.gov.au)
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