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The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration proposed more than $594,000 in fines to a Kentucky coal company Thursday for violations related to a 2011 mine fatality.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has proposed $594,100 in fines to Manalapan Mining Co. Inc.'s P-1 Mine in Harlan County, Ky., for four violations.

The proposed penalties were assessed as a result of an investigation into the June 2011 death of a miner who was fatally injured when a large section of rock fell from the underground coal mine's wall, or rib, and knocked him into a dolly.

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