Report: Dead Nevada miner caught clothes in drill

Published May 7, 2014 2:19pm ET



ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Federal mine safety regulators say an experienced worker who was killed in an accident at a gold mine in Elko County apparently got his clothing entangled in equipment while drilling rock underground.

The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration identified the victim of the April 28 accident as 53-year-old Richard C. Otto.

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