Saturday, May 29, 2010
Judge Bars Warning Of Mining Inspectors
KENTUCKY...
A federal judge has ordered an eastern Kentucky mining company to stop alerting miners to surprise inspections by federal regulators. U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove issued the order Friday barring a Pathfork mining company from giving advance notice to underground miners that inspectors are on site, a violation of the federal Mine Safety and Health Act. The order stems from a series of mine inspections around the country last month in the wake of the nation's worst coal mining disaster in 40 years. The blast at Massey Energy Co.'s Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia killed 29 men.
A federal judge has ordered an eastern Kentucky mining company to stop alerting miners to surprise inspections by federal regulators. U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove issued the order Friday barring a Pathfork mining company from giving advance notice to underground miners that inspectors are on site, a violation of the federal Mine Safety and Health Act. The order stems from a series of mine inspections around the country last month in the wake of the nation's worst coal mining disaster in 40 years. The blast at Massey Energy Co.'s Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia killed 29 men.
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