Crandall Canyon report to be released Thursday

WASHINGTON — The House Education and Labor Committee expects to release the findings of its own investigation into last year's accident at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County at a press conference Thursday.

Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., has held several hearings on the accident that claimed the lives of six miners and three rescuers. The committee would not say whether it deposed Murray Energy head Bob Murray, who it subpoenaed.

In March, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, known as HELP, released results of its own investigation into the collapse at the mine and said the Mine Safety and Health Administration failed in protecting workers.

MSHA expects to release its official report on the accident later this year. MSHA completed its interviews and was drafting the report in late March.