Fourteen Miners Die On The Job

• {Kentucky}...Federal regulators say that halfway through 2011, a total of 14 miners have died on the job. Mine Safety and Health Administration chief Joe Main says 14 deaths midway through the year is an all-time low, but even one mining death is too many. He says fatalities can be prevented and are not an inevitable byproduct of mining MSHA said Thursday that as of June 30th, eight miners were killed at coal mines, while six died in metal and nonmetal mines. Three of the coal miners died in machinery accidents, two died in power-haulage accidents and two died in rib falls, or partial collapses of the mine walls. The eighth coal miner died in an 8-foot fall from a steel beam onto a conveyor belt.