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the delay in our receipt of this important information." Rachel Hanna Moreland, a Lewisburg lawyer who represents several UpperBigBranch families, lost a lawsuit that tried to force MSHA to conduct its disaster interviews in public... Published: Saturday, January 15, 2011 Words: 920
coal dust underground, a move that scientists have urged for years, but that has gained new attention following UpperBigBranch. It also would seek to hold MSHA more accountable by mandating independent investigations by a National... Published: Saturday, April 16, 2011 Words: 465
when MSHA inspectors arrived. But, the indictment alleges, Stover himself "directed and trained security guards at Performance's UpperBigBranch Mine to give advance notice by announcing the presence of an MSHA inspector on the mine... Published: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Words: 501
miners died on the job in 1979, according to MSHA records. "While 2010 will be remembered for the explosion that killed 29 men at the UpperBigBranch Mine, we are mindful that 42 additional miners' lives also ended in tragedy," said... Published: Sunday, February 20, 2011 Words: 616
Mine Safety and Health Administration, which is charged with protecting miners and enforcing federal safety rules. "The disaster at the UpperBigBranch Mine is proof positive that the agency failed its duty as the watchdog for coal... Published: Saturday, May 21, 2011 Words: 615
and they would check air across the mine all at once. Again, they found air in part of the mine was going the wrong way. MSHA officials who dealt with UpperBigBranch on ventilation issues told investigators the company didn't have... Published: Sunday, May 22, 2011 Words: 3523
do not notify any one when inspectors come on that property." Federal law generally prohibits advance notification of any MSHA inspection, and since the UpperBigBranch explosion agency officials have been cracking down on what many... Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Words: 1337
it hit large amounts of coal dust Massey had not cleaned up from underground tunnels. MSHA investigators have also focused on evidence that Massey covered up safety conditions at UpperBigBranch, by keeping hazards out of official... Published: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 Words: 529
new safety equipment required by a new MSHA rule on so-called “belt air” ventilation. In the months after the explosion, MSHA posted dozens of documents about UpperBigBranch on its Web site, including inspection reports and other... Published: Friday, March 04, 2011 Words: 723
were becoming increasingly frustrated with repeated airflow violations by Massey subsidiary Performance Coal Co., which operated the UpperBigBranch Mine. The week before the emails were written, an MSHA inspector had cited Performance... Published: Thursday, May 12, 2011 Words: 1006
