They Scratch Their Heads and Wonder......

Miners being trapped under ground. You hear about it all of the time. I just have one question; Does the mine cave in on both sides of the miners at the same time? Or does it only cave in on one side of the miners? If there was an entrance to the mine and an exit out if the mine, wouldn't it increase the chances of the miners being able to get out safely? I read that in Canada that they do just that. An entrance and an exit. The reason that US Mining companies do not do this is because it costs too much money$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. So then safety is about bottom line, not being safe right? Safety is political also, not being safe. It's about who's in charge, not about being safe. It's about deadlines, time frames, and cost cutting and not really safety now isn't it? Companies say that safety is number 1 but they don't mean it. If they meant it, they would not take chances like they do with their workers safety. They would not cut costs like they do when the economy goes south now would they? And safety is no doubt the first thing that gets cut when the bottom line is threatened. If only the ones who make the decisions about safety would think of their workers as their children, grand children, wives, mothers, brothers, or sisters, then safety would become number 1. This ole "Dangerous Dale" crying out.