http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-01-26T173119Z_01_N26384916_RTRIDST_0_MINE-SAFETY.XMLCHARLESTON, W.Va. Jan 26 (Reuters) - West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin signed into law on Thursday a mine-safety bill designed to expedite rescue operations and safeguard workers following the deaths of 14 miners in his state this month.
The legislation will create a 24-hour mine accident hot line that will mobilize rescue teams immediately. Failure to report an accident within 15 minutes will result in a $100,000 fine.
The new law will also require locater devices for miners and for additional oxygen supplies to be placed strategically underground. A lifeline with reflective markings will lead miners to each oxygen cache and hopefully out of a mine.
"What we have done is historic," Manchin said, adding that he had shown the new measures to "everyone from the president on down. We in West Virginia are taking the first step."
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