Posted on 12/05/2006 6:19:41 PM PST by pinkpanther111
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The state’s report on the explosion that resulted in 12 deaths at an Upshur County coal mine in January is scheduled to come out Monday, mine safety chief Ron Wooten said Tuesday.
Twelve miners died at the mine and Wooten said the report is being released to give them a sense of closure. Gov. Joe Manchin is scheduled to brief the families Monday morning, while Wooten’s Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training will meet with the mine’s owner, International Coal Group.
Wooten declined to say what will be in the report, which isn’t finished yet. ...
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If ever a rescue operation was mishandled, and the life saving breathing apparatus malfunctioned, this mine disaster was it!
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