Somerset County (PA) man dies in mine accident
Tribune-Review
January 30, 2015
A Somerset County man died in a coal mining accident at Brubaker Mine in Hooversville, the first such death in the country this year.
Rick Kline, 43, of Central City was trapped between the continuous mining machine he was operating and a rib of the mine about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to a statement from LCT Energy, the company operating the mine.
Two miners who are trained emergency medical technicians administered aid to Kline before he was rushed by ambulance to Windber Hospital, where he died, mine officials said.
"Rick was a valuable member of our team and was well respected by everyone who worked with him," said LCT Energy President Mark Tercek in a statement.
LCT Energy hired Kline, an experienced machinery operator, in May 2014, Tercek said.
The state Department of Environmental Protection and the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration are investigating the accident.
The mine was closed Thursday but will resume partial operations Friday, Tercek said.
It was Brubaker Mine's first major accident since it opened in 2011, according to MSHA. It was the first coal mining fatality in the United States in 2015, according to federal records.
LCT Energy is a subsidiary of Robindale Energy of Armagh.
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