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Originally Posted by gynn
If the deaths of these four miners is to mean anything, the government should put an IMMEDIATE ban on any commercial mine employee going anywhere near a mine until a full certificate of safety has been issued by the Health and Safety Executive.
And if any mine owner says that is not practical, the mine should be forcibly closed forthwith.
I feel a sense of betrayal from the government that in 2011, I'm being asked to grieve for miners killed carrying out a commercial operation to extract "valuable" anthrocite.
That sort of thing belongs in Dickensian times!
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With the greatest respect, I would suggest that you are not being
asked to do anything. If you
want to grieve for these men, out of
compassion then you will do so....if you feel that you cannot grieve because of any ineptitude of the government, then that is sad.
I feel sympathy for the families and grieve for the men because that is my nature.
Men will do what they have to do to suppport their families.
If there has ben an infringement of the law then I'm sure the HSE will investigate and the person or persons responsible will have to face the consequences of law for these deaths.