04-10-2010, 08:12 AM
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Considering the amount of time that's elapsed since the methane explosion I think that this is now a body recovery operation.
If those miners 4 had survived the initial blast it's doubtful that they are still alive even if they did get to one of the rescue chambers.
Not to pick on W.Va. mining operations as opposed to Pa. but, look at the record of mining incidents. It appears that the companies operating in W.Va. are negligent when it comes to following the safety rules. I have many friends who run "bootleg" mining operations here and even these little "mom and pop" mines are run quite safely. Inspectors are constantly showing up on site and nitpicking about POTENTIAL safety issues.
I take it from our local miners that the W.Va. operations are not very good paying jobs as opposed to what you could earn in one of the mines in this area.
We had a miner killed in an explosion a few years ago but it was due to the fact that he was slow in responding to the call to clear out. The blast didn't kill him because it was much deeper in the mine than his location but a large slab fell on him when he was exiting. Had he beat feet when the alert happened he would have been outside the shaft when the it went boom.
Methane level detectors are not all that expensive from an operational point of view and if a small operation can afford to install them then what the hell is wrong with the bigger companies?
If those miners 4 had survived the initial blast it's doubtful that they are still alive even if they did get to one of the rescue chambers.
Not to pick on W.Va. mining operations as opposed to Pa. but, look at the record of mining incidents. It appears that the companies operating in W.Va. are negligent when it comes to following the safety rules. I have many friends who run "bootleg" mining operations here and even these little "mom and pop" mines are run quite safely. Inspectors are constantly showing up on site and nitpicking about POTENTIAL safety issues.
I take it from our local miners that the W.Va. operations are not very good paying jobs as opposed to what you could earn in one of the mines in this area.
We had a miner killed in an explosion a few years ago but it was due to the fact that he was slow in responding to the call to clear out. The blast didn't kill him because it was much deeper in the mine than his location but a large slab fell on him when he was exiting. Had he beat feet when the alert happened he would have been outside the shaft when the it went boom.
Methane level detectors are not all that expensive from an operational point of view and if a small operation can afford to install them then what the hell is wrong with the bigger companies?
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