Federal investigators believe a West Virginia miner who died last week was electrocuted when he cut a live cable.

A preliminary Mine Safety and Health Administration report released today says 24-year-old Nathan Dove was repairing an electric shuttle car used to transport coal underground when the accident occurred at 8:45 p.m. Friday. He died 45 minutes later.

The accident occurred at Massey Energy Co.'s Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine in southern West Virginia, scene of a high-profile fire that killed two miners in January 2006.

A spokesman for Richmond, Va.-based Massey did not immediately return a call today. Massey runs mines in West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky.

Dove is the second West Virginia coal miner to die at work this year and the ninth nationally.

A preliminary Mine Safety and Health Administration report released today says 24-year-old Nathan Dove was repairing an electric shuttle car used to transport coal underground when the accident occurred at 8:45 p.m. Friday. He died 45 minutes later.

The accident occurred at Massey Energy Co.'s Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine in southern West Virginia, scene of a high-profile fire that killed two miners in January 2006.

A spokesman for Richmond, Va.-based Massey did not immediately return a call today. Massey runs mines in West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky.

Dove is the second West Virginia coal miner to die at work this year and the ninth nationally.