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21 US coal miners killed on the job in 2011

Kentucky.com | January 1, 2012 | 2:59 pm Energy Europe Coal

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The death toll from U.S. coal mine accidents fell to 21 during the past year, the second lowest annual count since the federal government began keeping records more than a century ago. Kentucky led the nation in coal deaths in 2011 with…