WASHINGTON (CN) - "In 32 Years MSHA Has Never Successfully Exercised Its Pattern of Violations Authority," read the title of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General's audit report of the Mine Safety and Health Administration's pattern of violations program.
The report came out five months after the 2010 accident at the Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County, W.Va., that ended in the deaths of 29 miners following an explosion. Flagrant safety violations ultimately contributed to a coal dust explosion, there, a 2011 MSHA report concluded.
Courthouse News Service
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Mine Safety Shirkers to Hear From Agency Early
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