Independent Review of MSHA's Actions at Crandall Canyon Mine

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List of Persons Interviewed Adamson, Rodney .....................................................................CMI - Electrical Engineer, District 10 Allen, Bradley K. .................................................................. CMI, District 9 – Delta, CO Field Office Anderson, Terry R. ................................................................ CMI, District 9 – Price, UT Field Office Boyack, Dennis P. .................................................................. CMI, District 9 – Price, UT Field Office Boyle, Richard J. ................................................Diesel Specialist, District 9 – Price, UT Field Office Brown, Dewayne K. .............................................................. CMI, District 9 – Price, UT Field Office Brown, Jr., Virgil F. ..............................................MEU Specialist, NMH&S Academy, Beaver, WV Cook, III, William.............................. Supervisory CMI, District 10 – Beaver Dam, KY Field Office Cornett, Bob E. ............................................................................................District Manager, District 3 Crocco, William........................................................ AI Program Manager, CMS&H, Arlington, VA Cybulski, Joseph A. ................................................................Chief Roof Control Division, PS&HTC Davis, Allyn K. ...........................................................................................District Manager, District 9 Del Duca, II, Peter A. .................................................................................Mining Engineer, District 9 Denning, William G. ...................................................................................... Staff Assistant, District 9 Diederich, Kim S. ...............................................Mining Engineer – Ventilation Division, PS&HTC Durrant, Donald E. ................................................................ CMI, District 9 – Price, UT Field Office Falk, Steven W. ..................................................................Mining Engineer, BLM – Price, UT Office Farmer, Ted E. .................................................Supervisory CMI, District 9 – Price, UT Field Office Fleshman, Jeffrey L. ...........................................................................Ventilation Specialist, District 9 Frey, Danny A. ...............................................Supervisory CMI, District 9 – Craig, CO Field Office Gauna, Michael.................................................. Mining Engineer, Roof Control Division, PS&HTC Gibson, Donald E. ......................................Supervisory CMI, District 9 – Gillette, WY Field Office Gray, Robert H. .......................................................................Supervisory CMI – Health, District 10 Grosely, Barry G. ................................................................... CMI, District 9 – Price, UT Field Office Gunderson, Randy E. ........................................................... CMI, District 9 – Price, UT Field Office Hicks, Michael H. ............................................................................................................ CMI, District 4 Hixson, Ronald E. ...............................................................................Ventilation Specialist, District 2 Hooker, Irvin T. ..........................................................................................District Manager, District 7 Huntsman, Jr., Jon M. ......................................................................................Governor, State of Utah Johnson, Scott K. ............................................CMI Trainee, District 2 – Ruff Creek, PA Field Office Knepp, William P. ............................................... Assistant District Manager – Technical, District 9 Kravitz, Jeffery.....................................Chief of Scientific Development, MSHA Technical Support Kulczewski, Richard J. .................................................... DOL Public Affairs Director, Region 7 & 8 Kuzar, John A. ............................................................................................District Manager, District 1 Laufenberg, Richard R. .................................District Manager, Rocky Mountain District – M/NM Light, Thomas.................................................. Assistant District Manager - Enforcement, District 2 Marcum, Carla B. ...............................................................................Ventilation Specialist, District 7 Markosek, Frank E. ............................................................... CMI, District 9 – Price, UT Field Office Martin, James A. .................................................................... CMI, District 9 – Price, UT Field Office Matthews, Edward O. ..............................................CMI, District 4 – Mt. Carbon, WV Field Office McGill, Cheryl S. .................................................... LDP Manager, NMH&S Academy, Beaver, WV
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Independent Review of MSHA’s Acti
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Protective Ground Support Used Duri
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Location of March Bounce Last Known
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Federal Mine
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• Persons who could have contribu
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There was no lack of hard work and
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BLM INSPECTIONS OF CRANDALL CANYON
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oxygen and dust into the fresh air
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MSHA’S ACTIONS PRIOR TO AUGUST 6,
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that the proposed retreat sequence
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On February 23, 2007, District 9 re
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technical guidance from someone exp
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District management’s oversight w
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elieved that a higher stability fac
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questions were asked in an attempt
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offset between crosscuts 139 and 14
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To determine the validity of the in
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disapproval to the District Manager
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amendments for the South Barrier re
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The following table contains certai
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The Price Field Office did not inve
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The inspector stated that this even
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conducted every seven days. However
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Recommendation: MSHA should establi
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DIRECTION AND ACTIVITIES DURING THE
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111-8, which was in effect at the t
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MSHA Person-In-Charge of Mine Rescu
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Davis stated that when Stickler and
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There was also no verification that
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employee stated, “Everybody got f
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Underground Phone Communication Sys
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PROTECTIVE GROUND SUPPORT USED DURI
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equipment to tram in and out of the
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Top of Rockprop Bottom of Rockprop
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Canyon the inby end of the ropes wa
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educed to writing and served to the
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planned to film the underground res
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Stickler stated that family members
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Conclusion: MSHA failed to enforce
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Later on August 6 th , a mine rescu
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anybody sit down with the MSHA peop
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EXPLORATIONS During the underground
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since the ribs could not further ex
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DRILLING OF BOREHOLES Boreholes pla
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pump for a period of time, the meas
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After this hole was drilled, MSHA
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The borehole showed there was no vo
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RISK VERSUS VALUE In all rescue and
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stoppings to crosscut 95 would also
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section were equipped with Self-Con
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data, the idea was not pursued any
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for an hour and one-half and then w
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Page 110 and 111: Agency. The handbook consisted of 9
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Page 114 and 115: Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., MS
Page 116 and 117: Stickler contradicting or correctin
Page 118 and 119: trapped miners should, to the exten
Page 120 and 121: Conclusion: The MSHA person-in-char
Page 122 and 123: An attachment to the policy sets fo
Page 124 and 125: air and water waiting for us to com
Page 126 and 127: Davis did clarify that there was no
Page 128 and 129: the family and press briefings, and
Page 130 and 131: emergency with role-playing by all
Page 132 and 133: MINER ACT AND MINE EMERGENCY EVACUA
Page 134 and 135: Post-Accident Communications The MI
Page 136 and 137: Recommendation: The Agency should d
Page 138 and 139: At the time of the accident, the ER
Page 140 and 141: locations, and along normal travel
Page 142 and 143: CMS&H STAFFING AND RESOURCE UTILIZA
Page 144 and 145: CMS&H STAFFING LEVELS District staf
Page 146 and 147: In addition to the decreased levels
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Page 150 and 151: Other specialists had limited inspe
Page 152 and 153: ALLEGATIONS OF INFLUENCE BY THE MIN
Page 154 and 155: GENERAL CONCLUSION Internal Reviews
Page 157: APPENDIX A LIST OF PERSONS INTERVIE
Page 161: APPENDIX B LIST OF GROUND CONTROL P
Page 165: APPENDIX C INSPECTION ACTIVITY OF C
Page 169: APPENDIX D CRANDALL CANYON BOREHOLE
Page 172: APPENDIX E OXYGEN CONTENT OF AIR: S
Page 175: APPENDIX F PROGRAM POLICY LETTER NO
Page 178 and 179: MSHA will develop a pool of qualifi
Page 180: PROGRAM POLICY LETTER NO. P06-V-11
Page 185 and 186: EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/24/2006 EXPIRATI
Page 187 and 188: will accept a dispatcher system, or
Page 189 and 190: in Mine Emergencies and During the
Page 191: L. No. 109-236, June 15, 2006, 120
Page 195 and 196: ISSUE DATE: February 8, 2007 PROGRA
Page 197 and 198: Within these areas, the supply of b
Page 199: APPENDIX I CRANDALL CANYON MAIN WES
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