Union: State (Utah) should fill mine-safety job

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.standard.net/topics/safety/2010/03/28/union-state-should-fill-mine-safety-job

By The Associated Press

Last Edit: Mar 28 2010 - 8:11pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The United Mine Workers of America is protesting Utah’s decision to leave a coal-mine safety post vacant.

Union secretary and treasurer Daniel J. Kane calls the decision a step backward that puts Utah miners at risk.

Utah lawmakers created a one-man Office of Coal Mine Safety after twin cave-ins that left nine people dead at Crandall Canyon in 2007.

The state office didn’t have any enforcement power — federal regulators are in charge — but served as a clearinghouse for complaints about unsafe conditions at Utah mines.

The Associated Press reported last week that Garth Nielsen left the post for a job in the private sector and that Labor Commissioner Sherrie Hayashi decided not to fill the job for budget reasons.

[TygrBright]

1. Nonsense! No one ever got hurt in a mine!

Just another boondoggle by the Unions...

(need I add the :sarcasm: tag? probably...)

ironically,
Bright