Safety laws and their enforcement played a significant role before and after the Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia blew ... industry waged an all-out war on union mines.

CHARLESTON, W.Va, (WCHS) — A bill that would give the director of West Virginia's Office of Miners ... electrical and underground mine inspectors and mine safety instructors.

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CHARLESTON, West Virginia ... in West Virginia. That's my commitment -- today was the start," Manchin said. It also requires the state to establish a 24-hour emergency hot line for mine operators ...