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U.S. Attorney Steve Ruby use a model to illustrate to jurors in the Don Blankenship trial how the longwall machine at the UpperBigBranch Mine worked. Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com, 304-348-1702 or follow@kenwardjr on Twitter.... Published: Sunday, October 25, 2015 Words: 1758
criminally so far in what MSHA officials and the Justice Department have said is a sprawling federal criminal probe of UpperBigBranch. Last month, Berger sentenced former UpperBigBranch miner Thomas Harrah to 10 months in jail.... Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Words: 1337
Friday, Ruby sought to counteract cross-examination testimony in which Blanchard helped the defense to minimize the seriousness of MSHA citations at UpperBigBranch, questioning Blanchard about a long list of individual citations for... Published: Saturday, October 31, 2015 Words: 1171
performed key mine safety examinations at the mine between January 2008 and August 2009, and then lied to investigators about his actions. Berger sentenced a former UpperBigBranch security director, Hughie Elbert Stover, to 36 months... Published: Friday, May 31, 2013 Words: 691
provides additional fuel for the explosion, sir. Ruby also questioned Blanchard about a specific citation that alleged UpperBigBranch violated its MSHA-approved roof control plan by mining tunnels that were too wide. "The wider the... Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 Words: 1064
The jury also concluded that Stover later tried to have one of his guards get rid of company documents about security procedures at UpperBigBranch. During a court hearing in Beckley, Berger rebuffed U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, who... Published: Thursday, March 01, 2012 Words: 1463
it was impossible, and added, "Too many of the citations are too subjective. Blanchard described a tense disagreement that he and other UpperBigBranch officials had with MSHA over ventilation at the UpperBigBranch Mine, despite... Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Words: 1287
key mine safety examinations at the mine between January 2008 and August 2009, and then lied to investigators about his actions. Berger sentenced a former UpperBigBranch security director, Hughie Elbert Stover, to 36 months in jail... Published: Friday, March 01, 2013 Words: 1307
of UpperBigBranch. The April 5, 2010, explosion killed 29 miners and is the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in nearly 40 years. Last month, Berger sentenced former UpperBigBranch miner Thomas Harrah to 10 months in jail. Harrah... Published: Thursday, October 20, 2011 Words: 603
eliminating hazards. As he continued his cross-examination Thursday morning, Taylor returned to the question of whether violations at UpperBigBranch were caused by a new ventilation plan "imposed on the mine by MSHA - a topic federal... Published: Friday, October 30, 2015 Words: 1372