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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 UpperBigBranch probe. Hughie Elbert Stover, security director for Performance Coal, was charged with... Published: Friday, September 23, 2011 Words: 948
statements to the federal MSHA, and granted interviews with a variety of media outlets. Stewart described for jurors how miners at UpperBigBranch were told to take shortcuts - skipping key steps in the mining process, such as cleaning... Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Words: 1213
on the charges against Blankenship, which stem from a lengthy government investigation of the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners at the UpperBigBranch Mine in Raleigh County. Also Wednesday, federal prosecutors said that if... Published: Thursday, December 03, 2015 Words: 1058
that focuses on the UpperBigBranch explosion, but has expanded to include Massey-wide safety practices. Investigators blamed the UpperBigBranch deaths on a Massey pattern of violating federal standards concerning mine ventilation... Published: Saturday, December 15, 2012 Words: 787
investing public, about Massey's safety practices. While the indictment does not specifically allege that Blankenship was responsible for the UpperBigBranch Disaster, it does focus on events at that mine. The indictment outlines repeated... Published: Saturday, July 25, 2015 Words: 785
While he is not charged with causing the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners at Massey's UpperBigBranch Mine, the case focuses on UpperBigBranch and the kinds of violations that investigators say led to the disaster. Blankenship... Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Words: 1013
Taylor especially focused on the testimony of Chris Blanchard, who, as president of Performance Coal Co., had run the UpperBigBranch Mine for Massey. Blanchard testified under an immunity agreement with Goodwin's office and was a... Published: Friday, December 04, 2015 Words: 2650
Carrico, May's attorney, cited his client's lack of a previous criminal record and his ongoing cooperation with the federal investigation of the UpperBigBranch Mine disaster. "The underlying investigation relates to perhaps the worst... Published: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 Words: 750
officials, apparently including Ross, felt that MSHA was wrongly pressuring the company to use a different ventilation system at UpperBigBranch, suggesting again that the MSHA-backed system wouldn't work and was the cause for many... Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Words: 2143
to investigators and then tried to destroy evidence about Massey's practice of warning underground workers when federal inspectors arrived at UpperBigBranch. Prosecutors began their case against Stover when the security director testified... Published: Thursday, February 02, 2012 Words: 677