Directory of Sago Mine Disaster Resources

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Sites related to the explosion at the Sago Mine in Tallmansville, West Virginia on January 2, 2006 that resulted in the deaths of 12 miners.

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• 2006 Sago Mine disaster - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine
  Encyclopedia article about the January 2, 2006 coal mine explosion and unsuccessful rescue effort.

• CNN.com - 'Sound of Moans' Led Rescuers to Surviving Miner

  http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/04/mine.explosion.wed/
  Tells how rescuers found the sole survivor of an explosion that trapped 13 miners in the Sago Mine. Includes several videos, including one where a vice-president of International Coal Group explains how the miscommunication about the number of survivors may have occurred.

• CNN: Reports Show Sago Mine Had Past Troubles

  http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/04/mine.safety/
  Federal reports show the number of safety violations at the Sago Mine rose rapidly over the past two years, and in 2005 inspectors called 96 of them "serious and substantial."

• Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Fatal Accident Report - Wolf Run Mining Company - Sago Mine

  http://www.msha.gov/Fatals/2006/Sago/sagoreport.asp
  Official report. Includes internal review, summary and appendices.

• Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Sago Mine Disaster - Uncertified Transcripts of the Interviews

  http://www.msha.gov/sagomine/Interviews/Interviews.asp
  Uncertified transcripts of interviews by federal and state investigators of miners, mine rescue personnel, mine managers, and state and federal officials who were involved with the rescue and recovery efforts.

• Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Sago Mine Information

  http://www.msha.gov/sagomine/sagomine.asp
  Offers links to reviews, reports and news releases. Includes FAQs.

• NPR : A Bitter Saga: The Sago Mine Disaster

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5134307
  Links to National Public Radio reports.

• USA Today - Report: West Virginia Miners Found Alive

  http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-03-mine-explosion_x.htm
  Family members say 12 miners trapped after an explosion in West Virginia are alive. A mine foreman called relatives at the Sago Baptist Church, saying the miners had been found. Offers possible ways the miners could have survived, and tells of similar accidents and disasters.

• Wheeling Jesuit University - The Sago Mine Disaster Report

  http://www.wju.edu/sago/
  Report to the governor explaining circumstances behind the disaster.

 

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