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Covenant Coal Company Fined for 1997 Mine Death
Covenant Coal Company of Cedar Bluff Virginia was fined $500,000 and given five years probation after pleading guilty to willfully violating mine safety standards. The May 15 1997 roof fall at the Sotus 1 Mine killed 35 year old Thomas Lee Kinder of Cedar Bluff. The case involves the western district of Virginia and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
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Abingdon
Tazewell County
Covenant Coal Company
Cedar Bluff
Thomas Lee
Kinder
Sotus
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Western District of Virginia
Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
U.S
Randy Ramseyer
Ramseyer
Covenant
Virginia