coal waste impoundment
cmonforton | December 4, 2012[Updated 12/19/2012 below]
The Charleston (WV) Gazette's Ken Ward Jr. continues to provide updates (here, here, and aerial photos) on efforts to locate a worker caught on Friday, Nov 30 in the collapse of a massive coal slurry embankment failure in Harrison County, WV. The worker was operating a bulldozer when part of the embankment failed; he and the vehicle submerged into the pond of coal fines and chemical-laden waste water. Two workers in pick-up trucks were also caught in the collapse, but they survived and are being treated for their injuries.
The coal slurry impoundment is owned by…