The emergency mine inspections ordered by Gov. Joe Manchin in the wake of April's Upper Big Branch disaster yielded 128 citations for alleged violations, The Associated Press reports.
Two mines were also closed temporarily in the course of the blitz, AP's Tim Huber writes.
"Inspectors targeted 51 problem mines immediately after Manchin ordered the inspections April 14," the article said. "The remainder of the state's approximately 200 underground coal mines were examined within a week."
01 June 2010
West Virginia's Mine Safety Crackdown
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