Owner, Employees to Stand Trial in Mine Explosions|abc27 News

abc27 News > News > Local News
» leer el artículo en español

text size: A | A | A

Owner, Employees to Stand Trial in Mine Explosions

posted 8:33 am Fri June 13, 2008 - Tremont, Pa. (AP)

tags: mine • tremont • schuylkill

abc27 News - Owner, Employees to Stand Trial in Mine Explosions

The co-owner of an eastern Pennsylvania coal mine and two employees will stand trial in connection with two methane gas explosions that seriously injured two miners in 2004 and killed another in 2006.

R&D Coal Co. co-owner and operator David Zimmerman and his son and foreman, Steven Zimmerman, both of Pine Grove, and miner Jeffrey Klinger, of Tremont, were charged in April 2008 with involuntary manslaughter and other offenses following a state grand jury investigation.

The panel found that David and Steven Zimmerman were responsible for dangerous conditions in the mine, and that Klinger did not follow proper safety procedures.

After a preliminary hearing Thursday, District Judge Carol Pankake ordered the Zimmermans and Klinger to stand trial in Schuylkill County Court.

Email To A Friend

Got Stuff... Sell It abc27 Classifieds

You need to be a registered member of
abc27 News to leave comments on news stories.

Not a member yet? Click Here to sign up.

Please leave your comments below:

Messages that harass, abuse or threaten other members; have obscene or otherwise objectionable content; have spam, commercial or advertising content or inappropriate links may be removed and may result in the loss of your posting privileges. Please do not post any private information unless you want it to be available publicly. Never assume that you are completely anonymous and cannot be identified by your posts.

The 'RUNNING MAN' icon is a registered trademark of America Online, Inc.