Joe Main
Joe Main
Joe Main is the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, and head of the United States Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. He was nominated to serve the position by Barack Obama and took office after being confirmed by the United States Senate on October 21, 2009...
air believer government miners safely
I'm a believer that we do not have enough air on these miners to get them safely out of harm's way. That's what the government should be guaranteeing.
activity appears catch number state trying
It appears that MSHA is trying to catch up with the state legislative activity on a number of these issues.
air circumstance miners themselves
Even with that, that's not enough air to get those miners out of these circumstances which we all know now they find themselves in.
action study
Study all you want. That's good. That's healthy, but don't preclude action with study.
moving toward wrong
All those issues, those were moving toward a regulatory conclusion. We think that was the wrong thing to do.
government incident looking
The government too narrowly focuses the investigation on the incident without looking at the big picture.
implement progress work
Work was in progress to implement some of these protections.