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PRICE, Utah - In Carbon County, named for the coal that has been pulled from the surrounding mountains for more than a century, it was clear almost immediately what went wrong at the Crandall Canyon mine last August. The shaky horizontal shaft collapsed on six men, killing them and three more who died trying to rescue them.
"The way they were mining was very dangerous," said Elmer Vigil, 59, retired from the railroad that carts the bituminous coal down the long, downhill grade.See the full content of this document
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Lawsuit Cites Negligence at Utah Mine
But just how dangerous has become clear only as findings emerge from an array of investigations into the disaster.
A Senate committee last month cited memos from mining engineers expressly...See the full content of this document
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