( CNN ) -- A coalition of news media organizations has filed suit in an effort to get the government investigation into the Crandall Canyon mine accident opened to the public . Rescuers drill into the Crandall Canyon mine on August 16 to try to reach six miners trapped underground . The group -- including CNN , The Associated Press , The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret Morning News -- asked a federal court on Monday to stop the proceedings until a judge can rule on whether to open them . The suit also asked that a transcript be provided of any closed hearings that may have already occurred . The coalition noted that the same court ruled after a similar accident more than 20 years ago that the Mine Safety and Health Administration must make its proceedings public . `` Sadly , another mine disaster and more Utah miner ( and mine rescuer ) deaths have led Defendant here to convene another MSHA panel , this time with a goal of determining MSHA 's alleged complicity in the accident , '' the plaintiffs ' attorneys wrote . `` This MSHA panel today is basically doing the same types of things that it did 20 some years ago . '' The Department of Labor , which includes MSHA , has not allowed the news media access to its investigation into the August 6 cave-in of the mine in central Utah . Six miners were trapped and are presumed dead . On August 16 , three other people , including an MSHA inspector , died as they attempted to reach the trapped miners , whose bodies have never been recovered . A call to the Department of Labor was not immediately returned . Also joining the suit is the Utah Media Coalition , representing Utah newspapers , television stations and journalism groups . E-mail to a friend .
News media group asks court to stop probe until judge rules whether to open it . Investigation being done by Mine Safety and Health Administration . Media coalition also requests transcripts of any closed meetings already held . Six miners trapped when mine collapsed August 6 ; three died in rescue try .