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A power plant and dam at Kanawha Falls, near the site of the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster, in which hundreds of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORCRP0000017178" title="Union Carbide Corp." href="/topic/economy-business-finance/chemical-industry/union-carbide-corp.-ORCRP0000017178.topic">Union Carbide</a> silica miners died of silicosis after being exposed to airborne particles without being provided with breath equipment between 1927 and 1932.

( Baltimore Sun / July 26, 2011 )

A power plant and dam at Kanawha Falls, near the site of the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster, in which hundreds of Union Carbide silica miners died of silicosis after being exposed to airborne particles without being provided with breath equipment between 1927 and 1932.

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