A preliminary Mine Safety and Health Administration report released Monday says 24-year-old Nathan Dove of Howard Hollow in Chattaroy was repairing an electric shuttle car used to transport coal underground when the accident occurred at 8:45 p.m. Friday. He died 45 minutes later.
The accident occurred at Massey Energy Co."s Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine in southern West Virginia, scene of a high-profile fire that killed two miners in January 2006.
A spokesman for Richmond, Va.-based Massey did not immediately return a call Monday. Massey runs mines in West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky.
Dove is the second West Virginia coal miner to die at work this year and the ninth nationally. Dove is a graduate of Williamson High School, where he was a football standout.
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