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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
12 months after Sago mine explosion, coal industry still changing
12 months after Sago mine explosion, coal industry still changingIn StarTribune.com Business
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Many of the safety measures state legislatures and Congress rushed to adopt to protect the 46,000 people working in the nation's underground coal mines after the Jan. 2. Sago Mine explosion have yet to take effect. There are still no rescue chambers or wireless tracking and communications equipment in the country's 606 underground coal mines, and it's unlikely there will be until federal requirements kick in more than two years from now.
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