News release: "The Committee launched an investigation immediately after the disaster, finding it likely that the tragedy was the result of a flawed plan for conducting retreat mining in the area of the mine where the deaths occurred."

• Memorandum from the Chairman to the Members of the Committee on Education and Labor Regarding the August 2007 Disaster at the Crandall Canyon Mine, May 8, 2008, Congressman George Miller, Chairman. (164 pages, PDF)
  
• Committee Memo on Crandall Canyon Mine Investigation, 10 pages, PDF
  
• Documents Cited In Memo