There’s not much to say this morning.
Ellen Smith, editor of Mine Saftey and Health News, appeared on ‘Democracy Now! & discusses the mine collapse, the weakening of mine safety regulations under President Clinton and President Bush, and the history of the mine’s owner — Murray Energy Corporation.
– Part I
– Part II
Other sources:
- MSHA has a source page for Crandall Canyon – (MSHA)
- AFL-CIO weblog has a bit as well.
- KSL
- SLC Tribune has this here as well as what the community is doing to support the families’ and those involved in the rescue effort.
- The Deseret News
- Fox, Channel 13 – also has a video archive that includes past news conference with MSHA & Bob Murray.
- An article from ‘The Militant’ on worker safety.
Hazel Dickens - Coal Miner’s Grave
Filed under: Crandall Canyon mine, Mining, Utah, Workplace Safety
…and this was such a preventable tragedy! From a regulatory standpoint, miners are treated like some kind of slave labor–sub human.
Raw Story has This Report from Keith Olbermann on Richard Stickler, the asshat in charge of mine safety, who even the Republicans didn’t think could do the job – so Bush put him in as a recess appointment.
Let me hear you say, “heckuva job Sticky.”
I saw that Olbermann piece Thursday evening on MSNBC. The more I delve, the more pissed I become.