Worker crushed below waist at western Pa. mine

Worker crushed below waist at western Pa. mine

WEST FINLEY, Pa. (AP) — A state environmental officials says a worker has been crushed below the waist a Consol Energy Inc. coal mine in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Consol Energy officials did not immediately comment on the incident at its Bailey Mine Richhill Township, Greene County.

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection spokesman John Poister tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review the worker is a 35-year-old employee of contractor identified only as GMS.

Poister didn’t otherwise identify the man, who was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown for surgery after suffering a broken pelvis, and other internal injuries and bleeding.

The incident happened about 3:30 a.m. today.

Poister says the DEP is working with federal mine safety officials and both companies to investigate the incident.