A state commission is to examine mine safety and recommend changes to prevent accidents like the one that trapped nine men in a flooded coal mine for more than three days.

There was one thought that kept returning to Blaine Mayhugh during the three days he was trapped 240ft underground in a flooded mine: He did not kiss his wife goodbye before he left for work.

Rescue workers have pulled out all nine men from the flooded, 240-foot-deep shaft where they had been trapped for three days.