Six workers were injured in an accident in a Greene County coal mine Monday night.

The incident happened about 11 p.m. inside the Harvey Mine, which sits along Patterson Creek Road in Morris — about 8 miles northwest of Waynesburg.

Officials with Core Natural Resources, which operates the coal mine, said in a statement that the workers were injured in “an underground accident involving a pressurized water hose.”

It wasn’t immediately clear what exactly happened with the hose, but officials said six workers were “brought out of the mine” and taken to hospitals for treatment. Five have since been released, according to the statement, and one remained hospitalized Tuesday for further evaluation.

“We are conducting an internal review of last night’s event to determine the exact cause of th

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