ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced it has reached a settlement agreement with Farrell-Cooper Mining Co. in the 2007 death of an employee at its Rock Island Mine in Le Flore County, Okla. Farrell-Cooper has agreed to pay penalties totaling $375,204 for seven citations issued in the wake of the fatality, including three flagrant violations.On Nov. 16, 2007, Jack Ward, a 66-year-old truck driver, was fatally injured
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