From the time that the company got its first unwarrantable failure, that put them on alert that those examinations weren't being conducted properly. Such unwarrantable failure is just intolerable, and that should be referred to the U.S. attorney for possible criminal prosecution. - Tony Oppegard Quotes
From the time that the company got its first unwarrantable failure, that put them on alert that those examinations weren't being conducted properly. Such unwarrantable failure is just intolerable, and that should be referred to the U.S. attorney for possible criminal prosecution. Tony Oppegard
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That is a very high number, and it is usually indicative of a very poor safety record. - Tony Oppegard Quotes

That is a very high number, and it is usually indicative of a very poor safety record.

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Far too many mines receive the minimum assessment of $60, which is less than what a ton of coal goes for these days. - Tony Oppegard Quotes

Far too many mines receive the minimum assessment of $60, which is less than what a ton of coal goes for these days.

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You can't expect miners to come in and testify about unsafe conditions in the mine when you have their employers across the table from them. - Tony Oppegard Quotes

You can't expect miners to come in and testify about unsafe conditions in the mine when you have their employers across the table from them.

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When you allow a belt-line entry to be used as an intake air course, you are pumping a high velocity of air into where you are more likely … to have a mine fire. - Tony Oppegard Quotes

When you allow a belt-line entry to be used as an intake air course, you are pumping a high velocity of air into where you are more likely … to have a mine fire.

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If you have a foreman who is not doing pre-shift examinations properly, you should discharge that person, because every miner working there is relying on that person. - Tony Oppegard Quotes

If you have a foreman who is not doing pre-shift examinations properly, you should discharge that person, because every miner working there is relying on that person.

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We're not getting everything that we think coal miners need in this bill. - Tony Oppegard Quotes

We're not getting everything that we think coal miners need in this bill.

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That's extremely low and inappropriate. Most unsafe conditions in a mine would affect more than one person. - Tony Oppegard Quotes

That's extremely low and inappropriate. Most unsafe conditions in a mine would affect more than one person.

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What we have now is terrible. Just a thin telephone wire with a speaker phone attached to it. - Tony Oppegard Quotes

What we have now is terrible. Just a thin telephone wire with a speaker phone attached to it.

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To me, if you're under-capitalized and don't have the financial means to operate a safe mine, you shouldn't be in the mining business. - Tony Oppegard Quotes

To me, if you're under-capitalized and don't have the financial means to operate a safe mine, you shouldn't be in the mining business.

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Most of the fines are not high enough to have a real deterrent effect. If the operators know they're not going to have to pay the fines, or that they will be minimal fines, they just factor that into the cost of doing business. - Tony Oppegard Quotes

Most of the fines are not high enough to have a real deterrent effect. If the operators know they're not going to have to pay the fines, or that they will be minimal fines, they just factor that into the cost of doing business.

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