Mining company settles coal mine death case of West Virginia miner
Mining company Massey Energy, which was subject to civil and criminal investigations after 29 coal miners were killed and two were injured in a 2008 West Virginia mine explosion, has settled with the family of one of the workers. Government investigators concluded that Steven Cain was crushed to death between the wall of the mine and an underground railroad car during the April 2008 blast.
Virginia-based Massey Energy also operates mines in Virginia and Kentucky.
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