Worker Killed At McDowell County Mine Site

• {West Virginia}...The state Mine Safety Office says 40 year old Jason Stacey, a contract worker died around 8:44 P.M. Wednesday night on a mining site in McDowell County. Investigators say Stacey was working at the Superior Processing Plant in Maitland for an independent contractor, the Mike Dover Corp. of Marion, Ill., when he was electrocuted while performing a welding job. State officials say the preparation plant was being renovated and was not processing coal at the time of the incident. Stacey is the fourth coal mine related on the job death in West Virginia this year and the 11th nationally. MSHA figures show Stacey makes the third U.S. coal mining death since July 1st. Two of those deaths occurred on July 11th in Kentucky and July 21st in New Mexico.