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The cost of coal

After Scottish Coal was fined £400,000 for safety breaches ... a call for action and families of dead miners talk of the pain of their loss By Rachelle Money

A union leader who represents opencast mining workers in Scotland has called for a significant rise in the number of health and safety inspectors to patrol what he describes as "the most dangerous jobs in the country".