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KOTZ Radio 720 AM Federal officials have identified the Red Dog Mine employee who died onsite on Saturday.  According to a preliminary report from the Mining Safety and Health Administration, 47-year-old driller Dustin Thomas was working with another employee to lower the mast of a production drill to pack it up. During the operation, the drill turned and caught Thomas’s leg in some equipment.  The other employee reversed the drill rotation to free Thomas’s leg. He was transported to a mine clinic, where he died less than an hour-and-a-half after the accident. Thomas had worked at the m...

When most people think about mining, they think of old photos of dusty, charcoaled men. While the profession is still a dirty job underground, it has changed a lot over the years.

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Procedures. here's what he had to say on cnn's "american morning." what better honor can we say to those fallen miners to have seminarcs re-inspect and those who had repeated violations will be heavily inspected. that's all we can do in honor of those miners so that we never have another family or miner go through this. >> we'll have live coverage of president obama's remarks on mining safety. they are scheduled for later this hour at 10:50 eastern, 7:50 pacific. lower taxes and less government, that's what the tea party wants and they're rallying today in every state. josh levs is here to s...

Clearly a tragedy. unfortunate about these miners. joan quigley had an insightful piece on coal mining. one of the key issues makes it so dangerous the workplace changes everyday as you dig through the scene with the coal. but she said in 1907 there were 3200 -- in 200918. it is still gotten safer that is worth keeping in perspective as we go for the unavoidable human interest of these families. >> and miners know it is dangerous work, their families know it as well. >> let me defend the concept. news hook for one moment. would it be better if we kept soli long range focus on issues like this....