Kennedy Spokesman on DOL Crandall Canyon Report

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KENNEDY SPOKESMAN ON DOL CRANDALL CANYON REPORT

Released late last night, the Department of Labor's investigative report on the Crandall Canyon mining disaster found that Murray Energy continued mining at Crandall Canyon, despite clear signs of extreme danger for its miners. The Department also issued a report concluding that the Mine Safety and Health Administration had missed clear warning signs and improperly allowed the dangerous mining to continue. Anthony Coley, spokesman for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, said:

"Yesterday's reports confirm the conclusions in Senator Kennedy's investigative report last March that Murray Energy recklessly disregarded the safety of its miners and that MSHA failed in its responsibility to protect the Crandall Canyon miners from that danger, with tragic results. The current laws themselves are also partly to blame because they leave too much to MSHA's discretion. Senator Kennedy believes that America's miners deserve stronger mine safety laws and stricter enforcement and will do his best when he returns to the Senate to see that Congress acts."

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