Coal Miners Oppose MSHA Closures

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Voices from coal country say closures of MSHA offices will endanger mine safety

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Retired West Virginia coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it’s safe for anyone to work in the industry right now.

MSHA office closures would give coal companies “the green light to do as they please” Safety laws played a significant role before and after the Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia blew up 15 years ago .

Some 34 MSHA offices in 19 states have been targeted for closure.

Hundreds of federal occupational health employees doing mining-related work and research were laid off this past week as part of cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services .

The West Virginia Mine Wars involved a long-running dispute between coal companies and miners fed up with deadly work and poor wages and living conditions.

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