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64% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+NwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzm7wwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+NwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzm7wwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4e7da2a29>FORMER UBB WORKER GETS 10 MONTHS IN JAIL
prison time," U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said in a news release. So far, one other person has been charge criminally as part of the Upper Big Branch probe. Hughie Elbert Stover, security director for Performance Coal, was charged with...
Published: Friday, September 23, 2011
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64% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+FwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmJwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+FwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmJwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=5627d535c7>DON BLANKENSHIP TRIAL DAY 9 JURY HEARS OF MISSING SPRAYS
statements to the federal MSHA, and granted interviews with a variety of media outlets. Stewart described for jurors how miners at Upper Big Branch were told to take shortcuts - skipping key steps in the mining process, such as cleaning...
Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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64% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+fwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzm2wwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+fwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzm2wwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=56607e4596>DON BLANKENSHIP ON TRIAL ILLNESS SENDS JURY HOME EARLY
on the charges against Blankenship, which stem from a lengthy government investigation of the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County. Also Wednesday, federal prosecutors said that if...
Published: Thursday, December 03, 2015
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64% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+OwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmIwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+OwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmIwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=50d04531129>UPPER BIG BRANCH DISASTER UPPER BIG BRANCH DISASTERCONVICTION OF MASSEY OFFICIAL FOR LYING, OBSTRUCTION IS UPHELD
that focuses on the Upper Big Branch explosion, but has expanded to include Massey-wide safety practices. Investigators blamed the Upper Big Branch deaths on a Massey pattern of violating federal standards concerning mine ventilation...
Published: Saturday, December 15, 2012
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64% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+mwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmRwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+mwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmRwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=55b65e8f64>BLANKENSHIP LAWYERS WANT UBB EVIDENCE EXCLUDED FROM TRIAL
investing public, about Massey's safety practices. While the indictment does not specifically allege that Blankenship was responsible for the Upper Big Branch Disaster, it does focus on events at that mine. The indictment outlines repeated...
Published: Saturday, July 25, 2015
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64% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+QwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmuwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+QwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmuwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=56560a164>DON BLANKENSHIP TRIAL AFTER 6TH DAY, NO VERDICT YET FROM JURYDELIBERATIONS WILL RESUME MONDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING
While he is not charged with causing the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners at Massey's Upper Big Branch Mine, the case focuses on Upper Big Branch and the kinds of violations that investigators say led to the disaster. Blankenship...
Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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Taylor especially focused on the testimony of Chris Blanchard, who, as president of Performance Coal Co., had run the Upper Big Branch Mine for Massey. Blanchard testified under an immunity agreement with Goodwin's office and was a...
Published: Friday, December 04, 2015
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63% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+YwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmbwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+YwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmbwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=50ee97b21ad>UBB SUPERINTENDENT SEEKS LENIENCY GARY MAY ASKS JUDGE FOR HOME CONFINEMENT INSTEAD OF JAIL TIME
Carrico, May's attorney, cited his client's lack of a previous criminal record and his ongoing cooperation with the federal investigation of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster. "The underlying investigation relates to perhaps the worst...
Published: Wednesday, January 09, 2013
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officials, apparently including Ross, felt that MSHA was wrongly pressuring the company to use a different ventilation system at Upper Big Branch, suggesting again that the MSHA-backed system wouldn't work and was the cause for many...
Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2015
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to investigators and then tried to destroy evidence about Massey's practice of warning underground workers when federal inspectors arrived at Upper Big Branch. Prosecutors began their case against Stover when the security director testified...
Published: Thursday, February 02, 2012
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