Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Second U.S. Mining Disaster
Two separate mining disasters in West Virginia have claimed 12 lives in the past month. What do you think?
Adam Peck,
Lab Tech
“My wife hasn’t let me go down in my zinc hobby mine since this all started.”
Melanie Bonanno,
Private Detective
"Maybe if we raised the fines from $16 to $22, the mining companies would really step up to the worker's-safety plate?"
Joe Kunkel,
Paralegal
“If you have a better alternative fuel source to coal, I’d love to hear it.”
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