NEW MILTON, W.Va. (AP) — Antero Resources says one of the five
workers burned in a July 7 explosion at a West Virginia drilling
operation has died.
Vice President Al Schopp (SHOPE) says Tommy
Paxton worked for one of the three subcontractors at the site near New
Milton in Doddridge County, but he wouldn't say which one.
The
Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office says Paxton died Tuesday in
the burn unit of West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh. The 45-year-old was
from Walton.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/13DJng0) first reported Paxton's death.
State
and federal investigators and an independent team hired by
Colorado-based Antero Resources are still investigating what caused
methane gas to ignite as work was wrapping up on the Hinterer 1H well.
The site remained idle Wednesday.
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