[Trust but Verify]

I saw similar interviews with safety experts. They said the federal government inspects all mines quarterly. They go over the places with a fine-tooth comb and many, many violations were due to paperwork deficiencies, etc.

[rellimpank]

---mining is the most inspected occupation in the USA.

I don't have exact figures at my fingertips but there are more MSHA inspectors for the less than one hundred thousand working miners in the work force than OSHA inspectors for the rest of the country---