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Out & About; WVCA Symposium Part 1

THE 40th annual West Virginia Coal Association symposium kicked off Wednesday in Charleston, and <i>ILN</i> was on hand to take in the sessions and talk mining with some of the industry's top names in Appalachia. Check out a few of those offering technical speeches and update presentations.

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Out & About; WVCA Symposium Part 1

 

Brand new West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training director Eugene White.

 

 

West Virginia state official Randy Harris outlined the agency's new rock dusting surveys.

 

 

West Virginia Coal Association senior vice president Chris Hamilton, one of the hosts of the annual event, addressed the crowd at the Civic Center.

 

 

Barry Koerber and Jack Rife from the WVOMHST discuss the legalities ofmandatory drug testing.

 

 

US Mine Safety and Health Administration coal administrator Kevin Stricklin.

 

 

MSHA District 12 manager Tim Watkins on the district's safety performance.

 

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Many attended the separate health and safety and environmental sessions during the first of the three-day event Wednesday.

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