Mining Fatalities Are Preventable

Nine metal/nonmetal miners and 10 coal miners died in
work-related accidents in the last six months, states Joseph A. Main, MSHA’s
Assistant Secretary of Labor. Falls, exploding vessels, powered haulage accidents and drowning were just some of the causes of death. What’s particularly
alarming, Main adds, it that three of the fatalities involved supervisors. “Fatalities
are preventable,” he says