re: #125 Jay C

Yes: but what they also have* - without those coal jobs - is a future of bleak destitution in a poor and backward region with virtually no economic opportunities (outside coal): and such opportunities as there are beyond the educational attainments of most of the workforce.
So what they have is sounds mainly like desperation: safety considerations aren’t so vital….

*as far as I know: it’s a facile analysis, but I’ll gratefully accept clarification

And what they are being offered today is pretty much the same, with less chance of insurance paying for the oxygen.