Poor Engineering Primed Utah Mine For Massive Collapse, Feds Say

Federal investigators determined that major engineering deficiencies left the Crandall Canyon coal mine primed for a massive pillar collapse, and that the mine was "destined to fail."
Six miners died in a catastrophic collapse in the central Utah mine on Aug. 6, and three rescuers were killed and six injured 10 days later.
In its report, MSHA cites the mine operator, Genwal Resources, for four violations termed as "high" negligence, and five violations that it terms as "reckless disregard." The company's engineering firm, Agapito and Associates, is also cited for a reckless disregard violation.

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Comments

[cdnnewsjunky]

Poor engineering? More like rampant greed!

[gcallaghan]

When pig faced Murray is sentenced, please let it be to one of his own death pits.

[Bernique]

We're back in the era of the robber barons where there were no rules, just naked, shameless greed.

[hmmmmmer]

This shows how lax any regulation is and how one with money can bully a community into doing things that are dangerous. Any moron watching that tragedy unfold could see that mining practices were to blame, it didn't take some smug commission.

[xcrunner77]

This is the result when Republicans let companies boohoo their way out of "burdensome" regulation. All that "dang gov-ment regulation" that the right wingers want to save you from, that hurts business, etc..... well, ask, the families of these guys how "burdensome" it is to have lost their loved one forever.

I hope they wise up and stop voting against their own interests.

[rh654]

A Fine???

This guy should be in prison for what he allowed to happen.

[Bluedanube]

Another Presidential pardon in the making.

[KOisGod]

Industry cronies, put into posts to oversee the very industries they just came from, and no doubt, still getting a backdoor paycheck from.

The republican's pulled all of the refree's from every playing field, and why are we surprised the players have cheated, caused brawls, fouled the arena's dumped on the fans, demanded outragous compensation and insist the game goes on?

Throw the book at them. That is, if the book still can be enforced.

[LeftVetPatriot]

No...
WAY!!
WHO
KNEW!??

[the964kid]

Maybe that would have been discovered before men lost their lives if only the GOP hadn't rolled back safety measures. GOP deregulation has caused high gas prices, weakened FDA, a housing and debt crisis, and now this. Republicans represent big business. Period. Anybody who votes for these corrupt a$$holes deserve to be put in one of these faulty mine shafts.

[Annette]

True.

Now the families need to sue for the loss of their faily breadwinners.

If I was on the jury, which I won't be because of my preconceived opinion, they would own everything that Murry had owned. The man would walk out of court holding up his trousers with his hands. In a quest for profits to make himself wealthier he sent men into unacceptably dangerous situations. If he hadn't created the situation the brave people who attempted rescue wouldn't be dead. It is time that their families be financially secure.

[only1Demvoter]

964kid : Yep... Along with Murray ! ... Right down his own shaft !!

In all likelyhood, the Truly Culpable will walk... Scott - free !

( They got money... )

Protect The Working Class !


-ralph

[TXfemmom]

The two owners, particularly the one who was such a jerk the entire time, should be prosecuted fro criminally negligent homicide and should receive the maximum sentence. The individuals who made the choice not to submit the plan which said it was unsafe should be tried, as well, if they are different.

Then, the POLITICAL appointees, and they were political appointees, who permitted this mine to be mined should be tried for negligence as well. That would be precedent setting, but their negligence is so extensive and so clearly devoid of reasoning in their position that it deserves criminal choices. If they want to cooperate and clearly demonstrate who applied pressure, and clearly state and prove who ordered them, if there was someone, to do it then give them a lesser or suspended sentence and go for the big boys.

This has to be done so there are consequences for the criminal behavior so endemic within this administration.

[hjfraser2002]

Spot on

[TheHandyman]

I can almost hear der shrub and darth discussing how they are going to handle this. The mine owner is a good friend of theirs. Expect to have Dana Perino come out and say something like, "the President's position on this disater has not changed. If Congress would just pass a bill giving billions of dollars to the Coal Mine owners and allow them to do mountaintop removal mining tragadies like this would not happen. Coal is the future. We must level all of America in order to get all the coal we need. Those mountains, rivers, streams, forests, and all those pesky, useless wild critters have to go so we can have more coal to help fight Global Warming, which we do not believe exist, caused by Oil. The President says that he loves and supports the miners and realizes what heros they are so as of today he has decided to give up golf, again, to show his support for the heroic miners of this country who are dieing in order to protect our Freedom!"

[only1Demvoter]

Handyman : Heh...

No one could have phrased that any better...


-ralph

[biglover]

I agree. Great post Handyman.

Dem/Libs are great aren't they? I think so.

[Destin]

Great post, and probably 100% true. ;)

[Forester]

Coal is still King in these parts.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

The republicans party has been deligently striving to destroy the middle class and the poor of this nation since Ronny Raygun. They were furious at FDR's new deal and the establishment of a federal minimum wage. From that time onwards they have been arguing against the minimum wage. These lunatics want to destroy the poor and the middle class, that is why they removed regulation and made it so easy to obtain credit so that the middle class and the poor would forever be in thrall to the rich scum bag CEO's.

[helonias]

But wasn't fatso proclaimed one of the bestest Americans?