UPDATE: Miner Critical Following Weekend Accident
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Updated: 4:41 PM Jun 22, 2009
UPDATE: Miner Critical Following Weekend Accident
A miner who was injured Saturday in a Cabin Creek mine is in critical condition.
Posted: 4:41 PM Jun 22, 2009
Reporter: Amanda Barren
Email Address: Amanda.Barren@wsaz.com
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UPDATE: Monday
CABIN CREEK, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A miner who was injured Saturday in a Cabin Creek mine is in critical condition.

According to a mine safety official, 28-year-old Jason O'Neil of Pratt was trapped between a shuttle car and a mine wall. The accident happened at the Speed Mine.

O'Neil has been a miner for five-and-a-half years.
MSHA is still trying to figure out what caused the accident.


ORIGINAL STORY
CABIN CREEK, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A miner got trapped between a shuttle car and a mine wall at work Saturday.

A spokeswoman for the state says right now they don't know how badly the miner was injured.

It happened around 2:30 p.m. at the Speed Mine, in Cabin Creek, which is in the eastern part of Kanawha County.

Members of the Miners Health Safety and Training Office are investigating.

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Posted by: Justin on Jun 26, 2009 at 07:29 AM

Thank you for the update... please continue to let us know how he is. Prayers are with him and his family...
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Posted by: Lynnlee on Jun 25, 2009 at 05:21 PM

Could the fines the 30 idiots paid for obstructing officers in Raleigh County go towards this man's family?
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Posted by: Anonymous on Jun 25, 2009 at 10:37 AM

Jason is still listed in critical condition at Charleston General. Please continue to pray for him.
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