Whatever keeps the coal coming.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Ronald Wooten - Brief article

As we reported, Ronald Wooten, the new director of West Virginia's Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training, has a reputation as a company man. He did nothing to dispel that reputation when he recently described the Sago mine as "a well-operated coal mine." During 2004 and 2005 it had an injury rate of more than twice the national average, and was cited for more...