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September is Coal Mine Safety Month
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Governor Steve Beshear has declared September Kentucky Coal Mine Safety Month. The proclamation, announced September 13 at the capitol in Frankfort, is in conjunction with the Kentucky Coal Academy's campaign to promote mine safety. Titled "Bring Them Home Safe!", the campaign will include public service announcements, posters and fliers that will be made available to coal operators and organizations.
To read the governor's proclamation, click here.
To read the press release, click here.
Five miners have died in Kentucky as a result of mining accidents in 2010.
Coal Mine safety
I remember the pain that he suffered after being squashed in a rock fall and how his family was pushed into poverty before he could get any benefits, they fought him every step of the way. Then he died before even getting the benefit of having enough money for his family.
Sunday I watched another man walk his daughter down the aisle to be married if not for lack of mine safety he might have been there to fulfill his duties.