Corner Cutting and Greed Caused Massive Underground Explosion | Short Documentary

I have bingo blackout for the word MEEEthane

jesus i didn't know you could butcher the pronunciation of methane like that the entire video

Wasn't this the mine group whose CEO was told to get into mining by a squirrel? Or...who am I thinking of? No, like, seriously, 'told to get into mining by a squirrel' is assured, I just don't recall if it involved THESE guys, but I think it did.

Me-thane.

Such a great and underestimated channel.

Hey guys, i dunno.. kill money save workers?



Fuck me, right?

All underground mines result in some subsidence. Long Wall Machines take a more or less horizontal slice out ie a coal seam or panel that is very long thousands of yards and 1,000 yards wide. It results in a more even subsidence on the surface, often unnoticeable to the casual observer. The floor and ceiling of the the mine gradually subside until they touch usually a hundreds of feet behind the Long Wall Machine, the hydraulic rams on the back side of the machine gradually reducing support as the machine moves forward. On the other hand pillar and post results in a patchwork - checker board patter of humps and dips over a long term as the pillars collapse and the mine gradually collapses. Long Wall Mining is considered to be a safer more efficient and has less impact on the surface above the mine. Managing ventilation in a mine is tricky, and more so if you neglect it. Each mining machine is supposed to have an explosive gas detector on it, supposed to.... When you don't have and maintain gas sensors the result is inevitable .

Thank you for covering this disaster. This happened in my community and I can still remember the day it occurred as I was in middle school around that time. It rocked our community so hard that school was called off for a week. 3 generations of a single family passed in that explosion, some of which my brothers were very close to and worked with at one point. I still see the father of one of the men in the area. I still have family working in those mines and the Coal Industry in the Appalachians is still very flawed. However with more people becoming educated about the dangers of Coal Mining I hope that it can shed like on the safety of the industry.

Peabody coal Co did a lot of damage in Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona even setting tribes against each other in 1970s and Pres Gerald Ford had to get involved. A lot of fresh water was destroyed moving the coal.

As a miner, we call it MSHA, not M S H A.

Wtf is "mefang"

We live is a sick twisted world where the ownership class get away with conspiracy to commit mass murder by failing to maintain a safe work place. Why it is considered reasonable that these people are able to resume executive control of dangerous industries is beyond me. An executive group that conspires to expose their employees to unnecessary risk should be banned from ever holding such responsibilities again.

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Grew up in wv my families business we rebuilt coal equipment if I learned anything it’s people who own coal mines are the worst people alive .

Some of these comments remind me why I'm moving back to my homeland Spain, after living in WV as an outspoken communist working in manufacturing and advocating for unions, only to be discriminated against and pushed out illegally (P&G contractor D.B. schenker forklift operator in Martinsville)
They worked us to the bone, 12 hour night shifts, all of us walked away with injuries we couldn't report or we'd get disciplined.
Great video as always John!

Please cover the mine accident in Springfield Nova Scotia Canada. I feel for the lost workers due to corporate greed and is rarely covered or mentioned 😢

Plainly Difficult have you heard of the Pike River coal mine exposing in New Zealand?
A lot of similarities to this mine explosion with staff incentivised to cover up safety issues to achieve production targets.

Methane not Meethane lol

Sounds like Boeing gave out some free corporate tips😂😂❤

MEthane

I love how you anthropomorphize the lame company logos!

I'm surprised none of the miners quit on the spot of being threatened by the company they work for.
One would argue that they could have broke the news earlier and saved more lives.
I'm sure they did, of course, considering the city of Dolton, Illinois is in a relatively similar situation with their "super mayor" in more recent news.

Is it any wonder that republican people love deregulation greed greed greed

Your politically tainted bullshit is revolting ….

Were you sweeping while recording this?

What is that swooshing sound?!

This is nothing new ! Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exposed the corruption involving business and government in the meat packing industry ! His novel forced the government to act ! Where is the outrage today to force the government to act ?

Let's not forget the Coal Industry fight against the miners suffering from Black and White Lung Disease !

I love this channel, such serious subjects, but the animations are fricking hilarious.

You should make a video on the Mégantic train crash

Initially, I thought that this was to be about Pike River Mine disaster in November 2010. Located practically North of Greymouth, on the West Coast, NZ. I personally knew one of the deceased Miners: Sam Mackie. Cheeky was he!

Stop hating God's beautiful capitalism 😡

small correction the rock that collapses after the longwall moves forward is called gob not gulf

I also recommend the book Thunder on the Mountain by Peter A. Galuszka on this topic. Its a great read, but it will infuriate you how cavalier Massey was about safety.

Would you be interested in doing a video about the pike river mine disaster from new zealamd?

I lived in west Virginia when this happened. I knew folks who lost folks. It was a tragedy and it almost went ignored
By the powers that be, because King Coal is untouchable.

You don't fine people for shit like this. You hang them.

If you haven't you can do the Pike River Mine disaster in New Zealand,

Half my family worked in coal mines, mainly in Boone, WV. The memorial isn't far, ive been to it.

Me thane

I would love to see you cover the Sago mine explosion in West Virginia, too. It is a similar story of a methane explosion that I believe MSHA actually blamed on a lightning strike travelling through a rod in the roof of the mine in a closed off section.

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oy decalcify your kettle

The coal dust every day was so thick you could barely see 30 feet.
But we are not allowed to talk about this because of the new Mine Safety Bill that is now law.

It prevents speaking about mine's safety issues under the argument that it is a National Security issue.

The new " Mine Safety Bill " limits the maximum payout per worker death to 10 thousand dollars

Because the corporations paid Congress to pass their bill

1,300+ violations in a few years. You pretend to regulate, they'll pretend to operate safely and we all pretend it's not corruption it's "lobbying".

Please do research into Harper's Ferry tunnel cover up by the governments. It will take a lot to uncover it but it needs to be told.Anyone agree. Our governments need to be disbanded so we can hold scum accountable.

Yes a moral problem. Greed causing multiple lapses in accountability, safety, production at all costs,negligent of safe conditions safe work practices lack of concern worker safety. Equipment not kept in good working order. Most accidents caused by a series of unsafe action either passive or deliberate.

How does a mine stay open with 1,300+ violations in a single site alone?