Federal investigators have directed Consol Energy to properlysand underground tracks at a West Virginia mine where an employeewas killed in a locomotive accident last summer.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration concludes in a reportWednesday there were no contributing violations to the June 5accident.
Consol did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Veteran 55-year-old miner Gary Hoffman was killed after jumpingor falling from a locomotive at Consol's Robinson Run No. 95 mine inMarion County.
MSHA lists the sanding requirement for part of the mine as thelone enforcement action, saying locomotive operators must be able tostop safely.
Consol operates mines in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia,Utah, Kentucky and Ohio.
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