After then-president of the United Mine Workers Arnold Miller and others were rebuffed by Gov. Moore regarding their request that a coal miner be added to the governor's commission, a separate citizen's commission was assembled to provide an independent review of the disaster.
Nakon tadašnjeg predsednika Ujedinjenih rudara Arnolda Millera i drugih, vladu Mooreu je odbacio njihov zahtev da se rudniku uglja dodaju guvernerskoj komisiji, a posebna građanska komisija sastavljena je da obezbedi nezavisni pregled katastrofe.