IMPROVING MINE SAFETY REMAINS A PRIORITY
October 17, 2008
October 17, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va., Oct. 17 -- Gov. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., issued the following column:
I recently traveled to the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration's Mine Safety Academy in Beckley to visit with state and federal mine safety inspectors and rescue teams, and to look at the state's new mine rescue stations.
Our mobile rescue stations are stationed in strategic locations across the state's mining areas so that we can quickly respond in case of a major mine acci . . .
I recently traveled to the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration's Mine Safety Academy in Beckley to visit with state and federal mine safety inspectors and rescue teams, and to look at the state's new mine rescue stations.
Our mobile rescue stations are stationed in strategic locations across the state's mining areas so that we can quickly respond in case of a major mine acci . . .