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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.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_060520030242-70b438cceeaf06065538866dbce02bfa2a94127e-e1566483138802-900x422.jpg)
Mines No Safer Despite $1 Billion In Fines, Federal Audit Says
By: Howard Berkes | Robert Benincasa | NPR
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A Labor Department audit found no correlation between the federal system that fines mining companies for unsafe conditions and safety in mining operations.