29 Quotes by David Dye

MSHA and the industry have worked long and hard together to take care of many of the obvious physical hazards, the ones that could be fixed with better engineering, better equipment, and better technology. We're now down to the hardest thing of all to fix, the human aspect of safety.

MSHA and the entire mining community extend our deepest condolences when miners are in danger.

There are tens of thousands of abandoned mines and quarries scattered across the American landscape, and some are more visible than others.

Responses to this request for information will assist the agency in determining an appropriate course of action as necessary to improve mine rescue capabilities.

We can all take a moment to congratulate ourselves here today, but only a moment. One mining fatality, one mining injury, one occupational illness is one too many, and you know we still have work to do.

This year's tragic mine accidents in West Virginia require immediate action to put in place addition safety requirements to help miners successfully evacuate a mine when an emergency occurs.

We will use every tool at our disposal to go after operators that refuse to pay their penalties for mine safety violations, and that includes holding the people who control them personally responsible.

We are very concerned about what is going on in West Virginia.

We are very interested in interviewing Mr. McCloy as part of our investigation, and we hope it would be appropriate to do so soon.