What ever happened to the story about the coal miners that were trapped?

Question

There was the story about the coal miners somewhere in the States who got trapped. They sent more guys to try to rescue them, but they got trapped, too. They were drilling holes and sending cameras down there trying to locate them. It was on CNN for weeks and Anderson Cooper covered it. I'm just curious if there is any update about the guy who operated the mine. I can still see his face, but I don't remember anyone's names or even where it was exactly. Ohio, maybe.

Answer 1

hello

i'd suspect it was this disaster

The Crandall Canyon Mine, formerly Genwal Mine, was an underground bituminous coal mine in northwestern Emery County, Utah.

The mine made headline news when six miners were trapped by a collapse in August 2007. Ten days later, three rescue workers were killed by a subsequent collapse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crandall_Ca...

the owner of the mine,Robert E. Murray was fined ....

on July 24th, 2008, the U.S. Government's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced its highest penalty for coal mine safety violations, $1.85 million, for the collapse. The government fined Genwal Resources, $1.34 million "for violations that directly contributed to the deaths of six miners last year," plus nearly $300,000 for other violations. The government also levied a $220,000 fine against a mining consultant, Agapito Associates, "for faulty analysis of the mine's design."[

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._M...