Sad news: 43 year old Rick Cline, of Central City, Pennsylvania was killed on the job on Jan. 28, 2015.
The US MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration), the government agency charged with overseeing mine safety, files these reports as "fatals".
The victim was crushed between a rib (a wall of coal) and a remote operated continuous-mining machine like this one (source). Incident still under investigation.
