2 more W.Va. miners killed

[WhiteTara]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06098/680532-85.stm
Separate accidents in southern West Virginia killed two more coal miners yesterday, surpassing the nation's coal mining death toll for all of last year.

One miner was killed about 12:15 p.m. while running a continuous mining machine in Mystic Energy Inc.'s Candice No. 2 mine near Wharton, Boone County, said Caryn Gresham, spokeswoman for the state Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training.

Amy Louviere, a spokeswoman for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, said that miner may have been caught and pulled into an underground conveyor belt system.

About three hours later, roof support material and rock fell onto a 15-ton locomotive and killed its operator at the Jacob Mining Company Inc.'s No. 1 Mine near Naugatuck, Mingo County, Ms. Louviere said. The names of the dead miners were not immediately released.

At the time of yesterday's accident, the Jacob mine was subject to inspection, although MSHA records do not indicate a high incidence of violations considered substantial.

Isn't everyone happy that * weakened the safety standards in the mines.

[Erika]

1. W could care less about workers

He thinks of them as some dirty component to the production of profits.

Much like he does to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[MnFats]

2. oh, I'm sure this was simply an act of God.....oh, wait.

just wait....the Bush Administration, or one of its minions, will say that mining deaths are down.
BUT....they will ignore the fact that there are fewer miners working the mines, and the number of working mines is down....per capita deaths, up.

[DS1]

5. God hates miners?

Anyone?

[hezekkia]

3. so sad

thoughts go back to the hills of West Virginia and the families of the deceased.

[shenmue]

4. Terrible

Corporations just don't care.

:mad:

[Kool Kitty]

6. Just awful.

These companies are a disgrace. Such dangerous work, so little oversight and safety precautions.