greed the problem for miners, page-7

Another big factor in the rising costs has been Occupational health and safety . The cost of complying with these regulations and training new personel who then quit and move to a new higher paying job is out of control. The mine i work at says it costs them in the vicinity of 30 000 to recruit and train a Dump truck driver. When i first got into mining i was given a half hour crash course in a dump truck and told to sink or swim .