Kentucky has recorded its sixth mining fatality of 2010, this one involving a western Kentucky coal miner. State officials say 39 year old James Jeffrey Falk died Wednesday morning after he was apparently struck by a shuttle car at the River View Coal mine in Union County.The mine has been closed pending an investigation by the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licencing. A release from the agency says the River View mine has about 437 employees.
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