主题:看看老美这次出事的矿 -- songcla
说实话,更黑。
矿老板说,你要是敢拍照,小心吃枪子。
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/west-virginia-mine-disaster-repeated-safety-violations-red/story?id=10301990
West Virginia Mine Disaster: Repeated Safety Violations Were A 'Red Flag'
More Than 100 Safety Violations For Upper Big Branch Mine So Far This Year,
548 Violations In 2009
14 comments By BRIAN ROSS and MATTHEW MOSK
Apr. 6, 2010
Critics say a surge of federal safety citations and revealing internal
corporate memos all suggest that the company behind the Upper Big Branch
mine – where 25 coal miners died Monday -- has focused more on generating
record profits than on protecting its workers.
Coal Boss Don Blankenship: If you take photos, "you're liable to get shot.""
It was surprising how much evidence there was of a general disregard for
safety of coal miners," Bruce Stanley, a lawyer who battled Massey Energy on
behalf of the widows of two dead miners, told ABC News Tuesday.
Over the last year, there has been a spike in fines for the operators of
Upper Big Branch, many involving flagrant and repeated violations that were
above the national average. Federal records showed the Massey Energy
subsidiary received 548 citations in 2009 and 122 so far in 2010.
There were 58 last month alone, including almost daily citations related to
proper ventilation or the dangerous accumulation of coal dust. J. Davitt
McAteer, who once oversaw the nation's mine safety administration, said
Tuesday that he believes regulators should have known there was a problem
brewing. "That's a red flag. That's saying, 'wait a minute, something's gone
wrong here,'" he said.
Federal mine safety officials said today that even with the continued and
recurring problems over the last month, the law did not allow them to shut
the mine down.
不过最后一句说明不关煤矿是合法的,矿老板大概没啥事。