MSHA Wants Doors Closed on Crandall Canyon Probe
5th October 2007
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Loading ...The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the owners of the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah, where six coal miners and three rescuers were killed in August, want a federal judge to keep the investigation away from the public and the media.
Earlier this week we reported that a coalition of news media groups filed suit in federal court to open MSHA's investigation to the public and asked for the transcripts of any hearings that may have already taken place. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that one of the reasons the investigation should be open is because
MSHA itself has been publicly accused of bearing "some significant responsibility for the accident" and for engaging in questionable activity in its various statutory roles after the accident.