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Report: Utah Mine Collapse Was Avoidable

Company, feds faulted for ignoring 'red flags' about tenuous section

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 8, 2008 1:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – Mining officials concealed information that could have prevented the deaths of nine miners in Utah last year, says a congressional report out today. The August disaster followed the collapse of a nearby section of the mine, which indicated that the terrain was unsafe—but officials...   Read full story »

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