'I want every miner and every worker in the state of West Virginia to be empowered,' Manchin said. 'If you believe you have absolutely no avenue, no vehicle in the structure of the company where you work ... please call us.'
The hot line will be staffed around the clock, seven days a week by the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. The state already operates a 24-hour hot line to report mining and industrial accidents.
Workers can place anonymous calls to the workplace safety hot line."
