Lots of Coal mine disasters lately

coal mining | mine | rescue | safety

In the past year or so, it seems to me that there have been a lot of coal mine disasters. Just wonder what is going on with all this? This recent rash of accidents started with the Sago mine in W. Virginia and now in Utah. What makes this one worse is the secondary cave in that killed some of the rescue people. Any thoughts on this? Let's have your comments and opinions.