Miners families meet at the Nebo, Ky. Baptist Church Thursday, April 29, 2010 in Nebo, Ky. after two employees at the Dotiki mine in Hopkins County, Ky. went missing and rescuers were unable to contact them after a roof collapsed Thursday. Rescue operations are underway. (AP Photo/The Gleaner, Mike Lawrence)
Here’s the latest word from AP out of Kentucky:
A rescue team has found a second Kentucky miner dead after a roof collapse at an underground coal mine with a long history of safety problems.
Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing spokesman Dick Brown said the two miners were found dead Thursday after the accident at the Dotiki (doh-TEE’-kee) Mine in western Kentucky.
Rescue workers earlier found the body of one miner trapped under rock. They had to retreat for a time when the roof become unstable, sending down a shower of rocks.
Gov. Steve Beshear identified the miners as 27-year-old Justin Travis and 28-year-old Michael Carter.
State and federal records show more than 40 closure orders over safety violations since January 2009. Officials with mine operator Alliance Coal Co. didn’t return calls seeking comment.
That makes 35 coal miners dead on the job in the United States in 2010.
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