Yorkshire mine probe

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  • čas přidán 26. 09. 2011
  • An investigation has been launched into the safety of a Yorkshire mine after a man was killed when a roof collapsed.
    A second man, trapped by the leg at Kellingly Colliery in North Yorkshire, was brought out alive.
    North Yorkshire Police said it will investigate the incident jointly with specialist mine inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive.
    It's the second mine tragedy in a fortnight after four men died at the Gleision Colliery in the Swansea Valley in Wales.
    The pit's operated by UK Coal and is the largest deep mine left in the county.
    Emergency services were called to Kellingley Colliery, in Knottingley, North Yorkshire, around 5pm after a collapse in the 800 metre deep pit.
    It's not the first time that tragedy has struck at the pit. In 2009, another man died at the colliery when equipment failed.
    At the time, UK Coal were given Health and Safety summonses from the Health and Safety Executive in connection with four deaths in separate incidents at its collieries.

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