Mine Safety Agency Was "Negligent" In Protecting Utah Miners
The Labor Department's Inspector General said Monday that the federal agency responsible for ensuring the safety of the nation's coal miners was "negl...
The Labor Department's Inspector General said Monday that the federal agency responsible for ensuring the safety of the nation's coal miners was "negl...
Salt Lake Tribune | Robert Gehrke | Posted 11.22.2007 | Politics
Federal safety regulators have given the go-ahead to resume operations at the Tower mine, where 170 miners have been idled since shortly after the dis...
HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 11.06.2007 | Home
As Congress takes another look at the safety issues plaguing the nation's coal mines, a documentary team from PBS' Expose series is shining a spotligh...
HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics
A panel of lawmakers investigating the August mine disaster that claimed nine lives at Crandall Canyon in Utah approved tougher mine safety rules Wedn...
Rep. George Miller | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics
Preventable tragedies could continue to happen if we don't improve safety in the nation's mines, and Congress has a role to play in that effort.
CNN | Posted 10.04.2007 | Home
Court proceedings of the investigation into the collapse of Utah's Crandall Canyon mine should not be made public, argue attorneys for the Mine Safety...
The Salt Lake Tribune | Robert Gehrke | Posted 09.24.2007 | Home
Crandall Canyon mine co-owner Robert Murray is threatening to sue a professor and an editor over what he claims were defamatory statements regarding h...
The New York Times | DAN FROSCH | Posted 09.24.2007 | Home
In the shadows of the Utah mountain where six miners were entombed and three rescue workers killed last month, a new mine safety commission will conve...
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Huffington Post | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics