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A guard sits in his truck at the entrance to the Darby Coal Mine in Holmes Mill, Kentucky, on May 20, 2006 - the day an explosion in the mine killed five miners. The owners of the mine later failed to pay nearly $3 million in penalties for mine safety violations at Darby and other mines.

Mines No Safer Despite $1 Billion In Fines, Federal Audit Says

By: Howard Berkes | Robert Benincasa | NPR
Posted on: Thursday, August 22, 2019

A Labor Department audit found no correlation between the federal system that fines mining companies for unsafe conditions and safety in mining operations.