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the same-old, same-old lack of caring about the ordinary workers of this country. Mining has always been very dangerous, and attempts to make it safer have been met with incredible resistance from the mine owners. This particular mine, so I understand, has been cited for many more safety violations than is the norm, and apparently has a fairly high accident rate. So what occurred was more or less inevitable, given that history.
Not that any death is excusable, but it could be much worse. In China, mine blasts routinely kill hundreds of workers every year. It used to be like that here, but there has been a lot of improvement in mine safety.
The really terrible thing about what happened was the false report of the miners being found alive that was allowed to be out there for several hours, and the mainstream media's not cautioning that this was not a confirmed report. But the false report was not what killed those men.
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