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Defective air packs found in mines
Yahoo News ^

Posted on 08/03/2006 10:38:23 PM PDT by exhaustguy

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Inspections of Kentucky's underground mines uncovered 134 defective breathing devices, state regulators announced Wednesday.

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All but one of the defective air packs, which have been removed, were the type used by miners who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in an eastern Kentucky mine explosion in May and in the Sago Mine disaster in West Virginia in January. They were manufactured by CSE Corp. of Monroeville, Pa.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: airpacks; coalmine; sago
What level of safety should be offered to miners?
1 posted on 08/03/2006 10:38:24 PM PDT by exhaustguy
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One other thing I would be curious to know is out of how many inspected. That some were defective is bad. The higher the percentage of defects, the more criminal it becomes.


2 posted on 08/03/2006 11:25:31 PM PDT by Ingtar (Prensa dos para el inglés)
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