MSHA RELEASES REPORT ON METIKKI MINE FATALITY

The Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has concluded three safety failures by operators of the Metikki Coal Mountain View Mine were to blame for an accident that killed 25-year-old miner Joseph Mitchell. Mitchell was operating  equipment in the mine and was killed when he was struck by an out-of-control locomotive working to deliver supplies to the mine section. One other worker was pinned and injured. The official cause of the accident was three failings of company policy.