New Law on Mine Safety Follows Deadly Disasters
From Times Wire Reports
Gov. Joe Manchin signed new mine safety rules into law, saying that the requirements for better communications, underground oxygen supplies and faster emergency responses would help prevent tragedies like the two that killed 14 miners this month.
“We want to be the benchmark everyone looks to when they mine,” Manchin said during the signing ceremony in Charleston, attended by some of the dead miners’ relatives. “The sacrifice you all have made will change mining in this country.”
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