2004-12-23
VALUE OF LIFE
Last August, In Wise County Virginia, a three-month old kid named Jeremy Davidson was crushed to death in his bed by a boulder falling from a road widening project being conducted by A + G Coal Company | The road widening effort was being done so A + G could develop a a mining process known as "mountain top removal" | Virginia state regulators found that the coal operators were operating outside the confines of their permit |
Mine personnel interviewed indicated they were aware that there were residents below the road, yet no precautions were taken to avoid material being pushed over or from being dislodged | August 21, 2004, interview statements indicate the mine and company personnel were aware of the potential hazard |
The company was fined only $15,000 in the matter | Although it was found that Matt Mining [a subcontractor to A + G] were aware of the hazards, that they did not have a permit to transform the access road into a road used for hauling and did not have clear signs outlining the mine permit area, coal operators are protesting this fine | The company is protesting the violations and having to pay the fines |
A+ G Coal had another mining fatality in 1999 when a water truck went therough an earthen berm careened down a hill and killed the driver | No fines were issued at the time |
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Last August, In Wise County Virginia, a three-month old kid named Jeremy Davidson was crushed to death in his bed by a boulder falling from a road widening project being conducted by A + G Coal Company | The road widening effort was being done so A + G could develop a a mining process known as "mountain top removal" | Virginia state regulators found that the coal operators were operating outside the confines of their permit |
Mine personnel interviewed indicated they were aware that there were residents below the road, yet no precautions were taken to avoid material being pushed over or from being dislodged | August 21, 2004, interview statements indicate the mine and company personnel were aware of the potential hazard |
The company was fined only $15,000 in the matter | Although it was found that Matt Mining [a subcontractor to A + G] were aware of the hazards, that they did not have a permit to transform the access road into a road used for hauling and did not have clear signs outlining the mine permit area, coal operators are protesting this fine | The company is protesting the violations and having to pay the fines |
A+ G Coal had another mining fatality in 1999 when a water truck went therough an earthen berm careened down a hill and killed the driver | No fines were issued at the time |
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