Tony Oppegard Mine Quotations

Basically, if you see 73 accumulation violations, that's a sign of a mine operator who is not too concerned with safety. It's troubling if you see that many.

You can mine 4 tons of coal in a couple of minutes. It's cheaper to exceed the dust limits, expose a miner to black lung and pay the fine than it is to do the right thing.

That's extremely low and inappropriate. Most unsafe conditions in a mine would affect more than one person.