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Some sad news out of the Utah mine this morning. Three rescue workers were killed and six others were injured after another mine collapse, which the mine owner again blames on “seismic activity.”
Keither Olbermann had a great segment last night on the Bush Administration’s culpability in mine safety failures with the president’s recess appointment of the director of the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Utah mine owner's sketchy ties to the Department of Labor
The collapse of the Genwal mine in Utah was an easily prevented tragedy. From the first hours after yesterday’s cave-in, Robert Murrary, the owner of the mine, has been out in front, speaking to the press and throwing maps of the mine tunnels against the wall to show their exact plan to find the miners, as Murray puts, it “dead or alive.”
Unfortunately, the outspoken Murray hasn’t been such a fan of mine safety in the past. Buried in the CNN article is this revealing reality:
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