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Show UTAH'S NEW COAL MIXE S VI'ETV CODE A FIXE MOXU-j MOXU-j M EXT TO DEAD MIXERS , I. "No finer monument could havn 'been set up to the 172 miners who died in the Castle Gate explosion and to all the other coal miners who have met death in the course of duty," savs the American Association for Labor Legislation in referring to the new set of coal mine safety regula- tions adopted by Utah 'as a result 1 of the coal dust explosion at Castle C-ate. ! Declaring that "the state acteVi with rare and laudable promptness in setting about to prevent a recur-rc-nce of such tragedies," the Associa- j tion, in an editorial which will appear in the June number of the j American Labor Legislation Review, : says: "Utah now has the most com-, prehensive and enlightened set of coal mine safety regulations anywhere any-where in the United States." The new regulations, which include in-clude the rock dustiii'g of mines to prevent coal dust explosions, It is stated, meet the principal requirements require-ments set forth in the program oi prevention of needless coal mine ac cidents put forward by the associa- ) tion during the past year and a half. J in cooperation with mine operators and engineers, representatives of miners' organizations and state and federal mine inspectors. "Utah's new safety code is a fine product of federal-state cooperation," the Association concludes. "Will it be necessary for each Btate to have a similar disaster before applying the 1 remedy? j |
