Shoddy job by MSHA - U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration

MSHA is doing now what it could and should have been doing before so many coal miners died wrongfully because of its being "shoddy."

7/26/08 - Yesterday, MSHA said it had the chance to deny the mining plan for Crandall Canyon but didn't, and also missed warning signs that could have averted the disaster. (Continued) http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=3863223

7/24/08 - An independent report released Thursday evening in Washington D.C. for the Department of Labor is highly critical of MSHA for inadequate inspections before the collapse and how the agency handled the mine crisis. (Continued) http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=3842458

Independent Review of MSHA's Actions at Crandall Canyon Mine, 7/21/08
http://www.msha.gov/ccreview/crandallcanyonir.asp

Crandall Canyon Mine Disaster Archive: Six miners were trapped on August 6, 2007; another three men were killed August 16 during the rescue effort. http://www.ksl.com/?sid=1707380&nid=210
http://www.msha.gov/genwal/crandallcanyon.asp

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Performance Coal Company
Upper Big Branch Mine-South
Massey Energy Company
Mine ID: 46-08436
Single Source Page
http://www.msha.gov/PerformanceCoal/PerformanceCoal.asp
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/category/upper-big-branch-disaster/

4/21/2010 - http://www.msha.gov/MEDIA/PRESS/2010/NR100421.asp
(Excerpt)
An inspection blitz over the past weekend at 57 coal mines whose history of underground conditions indicated a significant number of violations and/or conditions that may include problems relating to methane accumulations, ventilation practices, rock dust applications and inadequate mine examinations.

These impact inspections came on the heels of a directive issued by Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main immediately following the April 5 explosion at Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, W.Va. Under that directive, Main instructed all district managers overseeing the nation's coal mines to focus increased attention on mine ventilation, rock dusting, methane monitoring and mine examinations during all ongoing regular inspections.

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12/1/2010
Massey Energy is shutting down a Kentucky mine that is targeted by federal regulators for the toughest enforcement action ever, the company confirms to NPR. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/01/131725252/

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