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< /cgi-bin/texis/search/+TwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmwwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> Documents 3 - 12 of about 10,400 matching the query, best matches first.

65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+swxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmmwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+swxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmmwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4fa24fa2a8>UPPER BIG BRANCH MINE DISASTER HOUSE LEADER PRESSES MSHA ON TIP-OFFS MINN. CONGRESSMAN CITES STATEMENTS BY UBB HEAD THAT MINE OFFICIALS WERE WARNED OF INSPECTIONS: advance notice of any MSHA inspection. Anyone convicted of doing so can face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. In the wake of Upper Big Branch, MSHA officials have focused on what they say was Massey's intentional program...
Published: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+CwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmnwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+CwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmnwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=563d07a5d0>DON BLANKENSHIP ON TRIAL DAY 20 DEFENSE TAKES ON EX-INSIDER: double as conveyor belt tunnels - because of the mine's rate of liberation of explosive methane gas. Ross said that he "begged MSHA to allow Upper Big Branch to continue using belt air but that agency officials were "adamant they...
Published: Friday, November 06, 2015
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+6wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmhwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+6wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmhwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=56275aa1e5>BLANKENSHIP TRIAL, DAY 8 MINE SAFETY EFFORTS HALTED AFTER MSHA THREAT ABATED: might write up a particular issue as a violation, while a different inspector might not. Taylor also got Hutchens to agree that MSHA had cited the Upper Big Branch Mine for making a ventilation change without agency approval, even though...
Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2015
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+PwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmtwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+PwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmtwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=56391b3322>DON BLANKENSHIP ON TRIAL BLANKENSHIP DEFENSE TAKES AIM AT REGULATIONS: MSHA's enforcement of the belt air regulations at Upper Big Branch is inadmissible. "The same is true of evidence and argument that MSHA forced' the Upper Big Branch Mine to adopt a ventilation plan that did not use belt air, the...
Published: Monday, November 02, 2015
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+4wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmrwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+4wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmrwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4ea68122d5>PROSECUTORS DROP ONE UBB CHARGE: The April 5, 2010, explosion was the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in nearly 40 years. Last month, Berger sentenced former Upper Big Branch miner Thomas Harrah to 10 months in jail. Harrah pleaded guilty to faking a foreman's license...
Published: Friday, October 21, 2011
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+KwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmowwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+KwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmowwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=562fc1ab1bc>BLANKENSHIP TRIAL, DAY 13 BLANKENSHIP DEFENSE SAYS SAFETY VIOLATIONS `INEVITABLE': by having Blanchard testify - again over Ruby's objections - about disciplinary actions Blanchard said that Massey had taken against Upper Big Branch miners whose actions led to MSHA citations. Taylor had Blanchard read the names of...
Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2015
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+2wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmzwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+2wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmzwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=564b01316>DON BLANKENSHIP ON TRIAL DEFENSE FOCUS STILL ON MSHA AND OBAMA EX-MASSEY CHIEF'S TRIAL CONTINUES THIS WEEK: ruling from Berger to block evidence and argument that Massey disagreed with MSHA's enforcement of "belt-air ventilation standards at Upper Big Branch. Berger said in that ruling that she also was blocking evidence and argument that...
Published: Sunday, November 15, 2015
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+3wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmAwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+3wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmAwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4f8943229>FEDS LOOKING INTO MSHA TIPSTER REPORT: notice of any MSHA inspection. Anyone convicted of doing so can face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. In the wake of Upper Big Branch, MSHA officials have focused on what they say was Massey's intentional program of security...
Published: Friday, April 13, 2012
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+jwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmcwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+jwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmcwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=562f43a179>DON BLANKENSHIP TRIAL MINE DISASTER LURKS JUST BELOW SURFACE BOTH SIDES IN CASE LIMIT REFERENCES TO, USING EVIDENCE OF EXPLOSION: U.S. Attorney Steve Ruby use a model to illustrate to jurors in the Don Blankenship trial how the longwall machine at the Upper Big Branch Mine worked. Reach Ken Ward Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com, 304-348-1702 or follow@kenwardjr on Twitter....
Published: Sunday, October 25, 2015
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+gwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmMwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+gwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmMwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4ea7d2a2c9>MINE SECURITY CHIEF TRIAL BEGINS: criminally so far in what MSHA officials and the Justice Department have said is a sprawling federal criminal probe of Upper Big Branch. Last month, Berger sentenced former Upper Big Branch miner Thomas Harrah to 10 months in jail....
Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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