This is a good, short article reviewing the web site for federal mine safety -- in terms of the accessiblity of the data. I hope other articles explore the context around this and the long term lack of transparency and access to key data about mining. This would be an excellent topic at this time. There are many problems that arise from the too close relationship between mining special interests and govt sectors. For instance, this article correctly refers to the lack of clarity or transparency re/ multiple owners. This is a long term problem -- see for instance the description & chart in Kai Erikson's book on the Buffalo Creek disaster. This article notes the difficulty in getting data to compare mines & patterns -- this also is chronic problem -- data systems & data access systems not set up so can assess & compare geographic extent of strip mining over time, environmental impacts, labor conditions, etc.