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SOMERSET, Colo.—A New Mexico man injured in an accident at a western Colorado coal mine has died.
The Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office says 53-year-old Fred Benally of Farmington, N.M., was injured Thursday at the West Elk Coal Mine in Somerset. Sheriff’s officials say the contract worker apparently fell from a catwalk platform.
The coroner’s office said Friday that Benally died Delta County Memorial Hospital.
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident.
