Fatalities rise for metal/nonmetal

The year isn't quite over, but when all is said and done, mining fatalities will likely have equaled last year's number, acccording to MSHA. This year so far, 55 people have died working at the nation's mines, 35 of them in the metal/nonmetal sector. That's up from 27 last year. Maybe next year if MSHA spent a little more time on accident prevention, and a little less time making stone producers use a FOIA request to get inspector's notes, that number will go down. Your comment?