Underground Coal Mine Collapse Injures 3 in Montana
The mine has a history of safety violations.
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The mine has a history of safety violations.
Three workers have been injured in a collapse at an underground coal mine in southern Montana with a history of safety violations.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Three workers were injured when part of an underground coal mine with a history of safety violations collapsed in southern Montana, authorities said Wednesday. The miners were about a mile inside Signal Peak Energy's Bull Mountain Mine when the area where they were extracting coal caved in for unknown reasons, said Justin Russell, director of Musselshell County Disaster and Emergency Services.
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