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U.S. Coal Mine Deaths Rise After Record-Low 2016
U.S. coal mines recorded 15 workplace deaths in 2017 only a year after they hit a record low, according to Mine Safety and Health Administration data released on Tuesday.
In 2016, just nine deaths occurred in U.S. coal mines.
West Virginia mines saw eight deaths, Kentucky had two, and one each occurred at mines in Alabama, Colorado, Montana, Pennsylvania and Wyoming.
West Virginia, the site of the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster that killed 29 miners, has led the nation in mining deaths for six of the past eight years.
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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/03/575246819/u-s-coal-mine-deaths-rise-after-record-low-2016?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180103
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