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Nut of the year: miner risked major disaster by smoking underground

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 08, 2013 | 3:00 pm Energy Australia Europe Coal 

A former coal miner was charged Thursday with risking a major mining disaster after being accused of smoking inside an underground mine in Pennsylvania, U.S. TribLive.com reports that Donald Adams, 51, was also charged with reckless endangerment for the incident...

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