Thursday, November 30, 2006
Mine Where 5 Miners Died Shut Down
Federal Regulators say that the coal mine where five miners were killed in an explosion last spring in eastern Kentucky has been sealed and the mine abandoned. Kentucky Darby Mine No. 1 in Harlan County never resumed operations after the fatal blast May 20 and State and federal officials are still investigating. The company owes $5,110 for 41 violations not related the explosion, according to federal Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Neither the state nor MSHA has issued violations directly related to the explosion. The mine was sealed about Nov. 10, according to an MSHA spokeswoman. State and federal regulators denied that the abandonment could hamper efforts to collect fines, as some mine safety advocates suggested.
# posted by Justin Mullins @ 3:47 PM 
