Tony Oppegard
Tony Oppegard
continuous guy machine miner operate worth
They see tomorrow, they don't see the future. They don't think they're getting their money's worth ... if a guy can't operate a continuous miner or a roof-bolting machine tomorrow.
finite guys supply
They want guys who are 30 to 35 years old, and there is a finite supply of them.
enviable safety
That is not a very enviable safety record.
cents speeding
It's like fining you or me 25 cents for a speeding violation.
indicative operator safety
I would say that these are indicative of an operator who wasn't going to let safety get in the way of production.
discharge foreman miner relying
If you have a foreman who is not doing pre-shift examinations properly, you should discharge that person, because every miner working there is relying on that person.
alert attorney company criminal failure possible referred time
From the time that the company got its first unwarrantable failure, that put them on alert that those examinations weren't being conducted properly. Such unwarrantable failure is just intolerable, and that should be referred to the U.S. attorney for possible criminal prosecution.
good
There are some good recommendations. It's a good start.
accidents failure kentucky problem report serious
We have a serious, serious problem in Kentucky with failure to report accidents.
attached speaker telephone thin wire
What we have now is terrible. Just a thin telephone wire with a speaker phone attached to it.
coal coming dog opening operators price quick trying
With the price of coal so high, you have operators coming out of the woodwork, trying to get into any seam of coal they can to make a quick buck, opening up a lot of little dog holes.
coal miners
We're not getting everything that we think coal miners need in this bill.