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Kentucky mine inspectors were lax in Harlan County

James R. Carroll
July 15, 2012
The Courier-Journal

Only after The Courier-Journal published a story about a federal mine inspection finding numerous violations did state officials conduct their own inspection, finding 37 violations at a mine that they had visited 30 times in the past three years, often finding no violations. The federal agency has cited the mine for 149 violations so far this year, and shut down the mine for 9 days in May.

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