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WAS THE DAY AFTER. TONIGHT, A FAMILY IS DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY AND ANSWERS AFTER THEIR SON DIED FROM ALLEGED FAULTY SAFETY PROTOCOLS AT A MINING PIT. REPORTER LISA MUNOZ WALKS US THROUGH THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AND THE CIVIL LAWSUIT JUST FILED BY THE FAMILY. WELL, THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION FOUND THE COMPANY LACKED PROPER SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE WORKERS DEATH. NOW, THE FAMILY HOPES TO GET JUSTICE FOR THIS AND HOPEFULLY KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE. I MEAN, ITS DEVASTATING. WHOLE LIFE CHANGED FOR ALL OF US, THE WHOLE FAMILY. DAVID WARRENS SON, WHO WAS NAMED AFTER HIM AND WENT BY TREY, DIED IN AUGUST 2ND YEARS AGO AT A COAL MINE NEAR GRANTS. THE FAMILYS LAWYER, TYSON LOGAN, SAYS TREY WAS WORKING TO REPAIR A LATCH ON A MOVING SHOVEL WHEN IT HAPPENED. HE WAS TRAPPED AND CRUSHED BY A 26,000 POUND DOOR THAT WAS HELD OPEN BY A PLASTIC BLOCK, AND THAT PLASTIC BLOCK WASNT ENOUGH TO HOLD THAT KIND OF DOOR OPEN. A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT FOUND THE MAIN CAUSE WAS THE MINE OPERATOR. THE COMPANY IN THIS CASE DIDNT TRAIN WORKERS TO PROPERLY BLOCK A HEAVY DOOR TO SAFELY PERFORM REPAIRS. THE FAMILY, NOW SUING THE COMPANIES INVOLVED AND THOSE THEY SAY ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR TREYS DEATH. WE WANT ACCOUNTABILITY. SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHAT HAPPENED AND THE CHANGES WE WANT IS, YOU KNOW, THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. SO, YOU KNOW, CHANGES NEED TO GO ON IN ALL THESE BIG CONSTRUCTION SITES AS FAR AS SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT, THE DOOR CRUSHED TREYS LOWER BODY. IT ALLEGES MINE WORKERS CALLED A LIFEFLIGHT COMPANY INSTEAD OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR HELP, BUT ACCIDENTALLY GAVE THE WRONG COORDINATES. TREY DIED WHILE WAITING. SOMETIMES PEOPLE PANIC AND DONT DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT ITS THE REASON THAT SOPHISTICATED COMPANIES NEED TO HAVE VERY CLEAR PLANS AND PROTOCOLS IN PLACE, AND THAT WAS NOT WHAT HAPPENED HERE AT ALL. TREYS FATHER TELLING US HELL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR HIS SON AND PUSH FOR SAFER WORKPLACES. EVERYBODY LOVED HIM, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODYS ALWAYS ASKING US, YOU KNOW, WHATS THE STATUS? ARE THESE PLACES GOING TO CHANGE? YOU KNOW, ARE YALL GOING TO HELP IT? SURE. I MEAN, ITS GOING TO MOTIVATE ME THE REST OF MY LIFE. NOW WEVE REACHED OUT TO THE DEFENDANTS ON THIS CASE, BUT HAVENT GOTTEN A RESPONSE. IM MELISSA MUNOZ, KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. ALYSSA. THANK YOU. AND ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION, THE MINE OPERATOR WAS CITED AND HAS SINCE REPLACED THE DOOR, DEVELOPED A NEW AND SAFE