Harlan County Man Dies After Mine Accident

{Harlan, Kentucky}...State officials say 28 year old David J. Middleton, of Baxter, in Harlan County, died Monday at Wellmont Holstien Valley Hospital in Kingsport, Tennessee, nearly two weeks after suffering injuries when the bulldozer he was driving overturned at Nally and Hamilton Enterprise's Mill Branch Mine on November 2nd. Middleton was doing reclamation work on a highwall when the bulldozer flipped several times and landed in the road. Middleton suffered head injuries and was found unconscious. It was the eighth mining-related death in Kentucky this year and the fourth since October 28th. The state Office of Mine Safety and Licensing began providing on-site training and safety reminders to miners and operators this week as a response to the recent deaths.