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large to effectively manage." After two miners died five years ago in the January 2006 fire at Massey's Aracoma Mine in Logan County, an internalMSHAreview report blasted inadequate inspections and enforcement of the mine and poor... Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Words: 641
company general counsel Shane Harvey before a May 2010 Senate committee hearing on the UpperBigBranch Mine disaster. Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702.... Published: Sunday, April 03, 2011 Words: 2604
that was available on how to address the problem," Main said. But Davitt McAteer, a former MSHA chief who is conducting an independent review of UpperBigBranch, said Wednesday that federal officials clearly failed to do their jobs.... Published: Thursday, December 08, 2011 Words: 1535
able to find any evidence that Massey took recommended safety precautions following previous methane problems in 1997, 2003 and 2004 at UpperBigBranch. But, Stricklin conceded, there also is no record that MSHA pushed the company... Published: Thursday, June 30, 2011 Words: 998
the mining industry, and Democrats have hesitated to question any agency failings that have come out in the wake of UpperBigBranch. At UpperBigBranch, an MSHA computer-programming error allowed the company to avoid a key enforcement... Published: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 Words: 928
had an opportunity to fully understand and assess the situation," Pile said in a prepared statement. "Alpha will conduct its own review into the events at Massey's UpperBigBranch Mine and intends to fully cooperate with pending government... Published: Saturday, June 04, 2011 Words: 1106
writing after a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on May 20, 2010, six weeks after 29 miners died in the explosion at Massey Energy's UpperBigBranch Mine. Harkin's questions and MSHA's answers were only recently made public,... Published: Thursday, March 03, 2011 Words: 871
of systemic problems that we've seen, we don't find them." The MSHA summary report, quietly provided to Congress just two weeks before the UpperBigBranch Mine disaster, did not specify which MSHA field offices were audited and MSHA... Published: Friday, March 04, 2011 Words: 786
government regulators. McAteer said his team would release its report within a few weeks, outlining its conclusions about the causes of the UpperBigBranch disaster and urging reforms in the way mines are operated, rescue efforts performed... Published: Friday, April 08, 2011 Words: 982
Whitehead, are employed by Alpha, but in "technical and support roles" that allow them no direct oversight of mining operations. Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702.... Published: Thursday, July 21, 2011 Words: 466
