Tony Oppegard, Former General Counsel, Kentucky Dept. of Mine Safety; Wes Addington, Mine Safety Project, Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center; United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts
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Owners of the Upper Branch Mine were warned over 2 years ago about a pattern of violations, which would have allowed far stricter federal oversight of the mine. But, while it continued to amass violations, the Mine Safety & Health Administration allowed Massey Energy Co.
to avoid meaningful discipline, and the question as 29 miners die is what must be done to beef up mine-safety enforcement? PLUS Mine Workers President Roberts: Massey’s Blankenship Should Be Jailed
Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
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