In November, Taylor Meldin Halstead, 20, of Bob White, was fatally injured at Panther Mining LLC’s American Eagle Mine in Dawes. Halstead was operating a scoop when he ran over a piece of four-inch plastic pipe that struck him and pinned him against the scoop’s canopy, according to an MSHA preliminary accident report. MSHA hasn’t issued a final determination regarding the cause or nature of the accident.