U.S. senators press MSHA, industry officials on safety
Lawmakers in Washington pressed the Bush administration and the coal industry on Monday for answers on two mining accidents that have killed 14 West Virginia miners in the last three weeks, the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette reports.
In the wake of the Jan. 2 Sago Mine disaster and last week’s fire at the Aracoma Mine, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., and other senators asked tough questions of U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration officials and coal industry leaders.