| W.Va. to release last report on 2010 mine blast |
GraffitiThe 2010 explosion at the former Massey Energy mine in southern West Virginia killed 29 men in the worst US mine disaster in four decades. Reports already have been issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the United Mine Workers of America ...
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| National business briefs for Feb. 11 |
Richmond Times DispatchThe 2010 explosion at the former Massey Energy mine in southern West Virginia killed 29 men in the deadliest US mine disaster in four decades. Reports already have been issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the United Mine Workers of ...
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| UBB report to be released Feb. 23 |
Charleston GazetteThe state Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training investigation is the last unfinished government report on what caused the April 5, 2010, explosion that killed 29 miners at a Massey Energy operation in Raleigh County.
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| US attorney wants more jail time in case of ex-Massey UBB employee |
PlattsThe security chief at the time of the April 2010 fatal explosion at a Massey Energy coal mine should be sentenced to more than the maximum of 41 months' imprisonment, the federal prosecutor in the case has argued. A jury convicted Hughie Elbert Stover ...
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| Government to seek stiff sentence for Massey security chief |
Charleston GazetteFederal prosecutors signaled Wednesday that they plan to seek a stiff prison sentence for a former Massey Energy security director convicted of lying to investigators following the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster. US Attorney Booth Goodwin's office ...
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| UBB investigators ask legislators to prevent accidents from occuring |
West Virginia Public BroadcastingThe lead investigator for the governor's independent investigation panel Davitt McAteer said the UBB explosion is squarely on the shoulders of Massey Energy. “This disaster was the responsibility of the Massey Energy Company,” McAteer said.
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| Drug testing bill 'a distraction,' McAteer says |
Charleston GazetteBy Ken Ward Jr. UMW safety director Dennis O'Dell testifies about the union's investigation into the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners at non-union Massey Energy. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's proposal to require drug testing ...
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