Robert Byrd: “No one has done more for miners in this country than Senator Robert C. Byrd, of West Virginia.”

aside from the health and safety laws, what unconventional remedies exist to deal with a rogue mining company that has a reputation for flouting the law?

There's been a savings of 29,000 lives because Congress saw fit to act in 1969.

I don't believe it was because of lack of funding. I don't believe that MSHA lacked enforcement authorities. I don't believe that.

I cannot fathom how an American business could practice such disgraceful health and safety policies while at the same time boasting about its commitment to safety of its workers.