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January 02, 2018 - 10:39 AM EST
Coal mining deaths double in 2017
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Workplace deaths in the coal mining industry increased last year to their highest point in three years.
A total of 15 miners died on the job in 2017, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) data show, compared with eight in 2016.
That year saw the fewest mining deaths since records began.
The 15th death occurred early Friday morning at a Revelation Energy mine in Fayette County in southern West Virginia, West Virginia Public Broadcasting reported.
Thurman Watts died when a piece of machinery he was operating traveled over a wall.
West Virginia saw the bulk of the 2017 miner deaths, with eight.

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