1.0 link 67248 <![CDATA[The Labor Department Should Stop Making Excuses About Mine Safety]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-george-miller/the-labor-department-shou_b_67248.html When nine miners died as a result of the August 6 collapse at the Crandall Canyon Mine and during the ensuing rescue operation, the first thought a lot of people had was: Not again.

In 2006, 47 coal miners died in the nation's coal mines, starting with the 12 miners who died at the Sago mine in West Virginia, and people were right to wonder if this seemingly endless string of tragedies would ever come to a stop.

A common feature of...

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