MSHA Vows More Intense Inspections After 3 Miners Die

After three miners died in work accidents across the country in a single day, federal regulators have vowed to ramp up inspection efforts at mines. Monday saw a plant operator buried under tons of sand and stone dust after a quarry collapse in Virginia, a loader operator engulfed in stockpiled material in North Dakota and a gold miner in Nevada stricken by mobile equipment, according to a Wednesday letter from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration to mine owners and operators nationwide. All three workers died from the accidents. Three deaths have not occurred on the ...