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area due to the heat," Conaway said. Rescue teams battled thick smoke and intense heat, and the effort had slowed Saturday because of rooffalls in the mine's underground passageways. Still, rescuers were able to enter the mine more... Published: Sunday, January 22, 2006 Words: 1162
ICG said it believes investigators have ruled out other possible ignition sources for methane accumulated in the sealed area, including rooffalls and electrical equipment. "At the location where the ignition is thought to have begun,... Published: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Words: 879
for not properly maintaining emergency escapeways - including those in the area where the Jan. 2 explosion occurred. Inspectors noted that rooffalls and other debris frequently piled up in escapeways. Sometimes, water filled escapeways.... Published: Sunday, January 15, 2006 Words: 1398
MSHA is also initiating an effort with state agencies to ensure that miners are properly trained in SCSR use nationwide." Staff writer KenWard Jr.'s continued reporting on the Sago Mine disaster and mine safety is being supported by... Published: Friday, April 28, 2006 Words: 1096
not feasible for ICG to extract this lower seam during its initial mining. Doing so, the report said, would have created additional risks of rooffalls. So, once the initial, or advance, mining was done and the roof supports installed,... Published: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 Words: 1489
Monday's Charleston Gazette: Coded language used in the Sago rescue attempt might have led to false reports of mine survivors. Staff writer KenWard Jr.'s continued reporting on mine safety and the Sago Mine disaster is being supported... Published: Sunday, April 16, 2006 Words: 1742
call "ignitions" of explosive gas. Methane gas is present in all coal mines, and is naturally released from coal seams and the ground around them. Some companies have taken to collecting methane and selling it for a profit. But inside... Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Words: 576
the pump," McAteer said. "This is an important factor for our investigation." Staff writer KenWard Jr.'s continued coverage of the Sago Mine disaster and mine safety is being supported by a fellowship from the Alicia Patterson Foundation.... Published: Friday, May 05, 2006 Words: 879
middle zone. Methane levels at Sago were not high enough to explode, but they had risen. That gas was moving around. As reporter KenWard Jr. found, general industry practice is to ignore sealed areas. Sago foreman Carl Crumrine summed... Published: Saturday, April 29, 2006 Words: 550
Sago Mine in the last two years. Here the agency says of the mine: "The operator has showed a high degree of negligence for the health and safety of the miners . " kward@wvgazette.com Managers of the Sago Mine repeatedly ignored or... Published: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Words: 1190
