A Union County coal miner was killed Wednesday morning when he was struck by a vehicle at a mine in western Kentucky. State official told the Associated Press that 39-year-old James Jeffrey Faulk was hit by a shuttle car at the River View mine at Uniontown. No one else was hurt in the incident, which occurred just before 8 a.m., about a mile from the mine's entrance.
It is the sixth death at a Kentucky mine this year.
The underground mine employs 437 workers. Federal records say another miner was seriously injured at the site in September when a piece of roof rock fell on him, fracturing his back. The mine is operated by Tulsa, Okla.-based Alliance Resource Partners.
The incident is being investigated by the state Office of Mine Safety and Licensing.
