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Worker remain missing four days after failure of West Virginia coal slurry impoundment
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on December 4, 2012
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After four days, one worker remains unaccounted for after being caught in the collapse of an embankment at a WV coal slurry impoundment. The 788 acre pond of coal waste and chemical-laced water is owned by CONSOL Energy, and is just one of hundreds like it located in U.S. coal mining States.