JUNE 28, 2015
MOUNT MORRIS, PA
The Greene County Coroner’s Office was called at the 4 West
Mine on 501, 619 Bald Hill Church Road, Dilliner, PA 15327, to investigate
after a worker from a coal mine who died in the emergency room early Sunday
morning.
The coal miner, 55-year-old John Kelly, of Albright, West
Virginia, died at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Waynesburg at 1:43 a.m.
Kelly was injured at Dana Coal Company in 4 West Mine, Mt.
Morris, PA 15349 while working at the mine.
The mine produces mostly bituminous coal and it has about 217 employees.
According to officials, preliminary information indicates
that the injuries were a result of some type of air shaft or mine door coming
down on him.
The cause and manner of death is pending autopsy results.
The investigation continues.