BOGOTA: Colombia will file charges against a US mining company over the death of two workers, alleging violations of workplace safety standards, officials said Wednesday.

The two men working for Alabama-based Drummond in northern Colombia died in March while soldering inside a machine called a pneumatic vibrator. They were crushed by a load of coal.

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