Mine Accident

The Sago Mine Accident in January, 2006, left wing the world wondering how things were so bungled. Communication in the incident was intimately as large a disaster as the mine salvo itself. Many questions still hound the company and the families of those who died. If the mine had been cited for numerous gumshoe violations, why was it non shut down until those were repaired? Why had the safety violations not been address by company, union or mine safety officials?Reports argue it was nearly an hour and half after the explosion before pull through crews were brought in. Why? Furthermore, when rescue workers began to receive information about the fate of the pin down miners, why was the information released to the families and the news media before it could be verified. While in that respect was nothing the company could do to change the fate of the miners, being told they were liveborn and then learning that they had died, except for one survivor, demoralized the nation and t he families, heighten the tragedy. The question remains why did the company not have cave in emergency communication mappings in place and why, once rescue workers were in place, were facts no verified before being released to the waiting families?At maiden glance, it appears that simple communication preparation could have helped the entire incident to be handled more smoothly. If the union, the company and mine safety officials had better documented the infractions and the reaction to those refractions, they would have been spared the negative attention from the national media. If the company had had a designated procedure for dealing with crisis communications it might better have been able to upset rescue workers and get them to the mine sooner.The timing of the incident contributed to the communications errors because state were on vacation and the mine had to find other ways to drop dead with mine safety officials. Fin solelyy, the communication problems during the mine rescue could have been avoided if all information were channeled through one person and then distributed accordingly.