KY man killed by flyrock from mine blast | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

KY man killed by flyrock from mine blast

Posted by: Erik Hungerbuhler on July 17, 2007 at 08:00pm

The Appalachian News-Express reports that a miner from Floyd County was killed on a strip mine in Pike County by a piece of flyrock.  The details are thin, but you can read the news report here.  This incident recalls the tragic death of Jeremy Davidson.

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