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< /cgi-bin/texis/search/+GwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmwwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> Documents 12 - 21 of about 1,620 matching the query, best matches first.

59% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+2wxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmMwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+2wxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmMwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4d9ae0a2ba>MINE SAFETY ENFORCEMENT TAKING BIG COAL TO TASK DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, PRIOR ACCIDENTS PRECEDED DISASTER AT MASSEY ENERGY
company general counsel Shane Harvey before a May 2010 Senate committee hearing on the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster. Reach Ken Ward Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702....
Published: Sunday, April 03, 2011
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57% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+fwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmDwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+fwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmDwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4ee1e2b13>REPORT LINKS MSHA FAILURE TO UBB BLAST
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 Upper Big Branch, said Wednesday that federal officials clearly failed to do their jobs....
Published: Thursday, December 08, 2011
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56% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+qwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmdwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+qwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmdwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4e0d9321f>MSHA: MASSEY COVERED UP HAZARDS
able to find any evidence that Massey took recommended safety precautions following previous methane problems in 1997, 2003 and 2004 at Upper Big Branch. But, Stricklin conceded, there also is no record that MSHA pushed the company...
Published: Thursday, June 30, 2011
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56% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+iwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmpwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+iwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmpwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4d9d83a26>UBB ANNIVERSARY RENEWS CALLS FOR REFORM
the mining industry, and Democrats have hesitated to question any agency failings that have come out in the wake of Upper Big Branch. At Upper Big Branch, an MSHA computer-programming error allowed the company to avoid a key enforcement...
Published: Wednesday, April 06, 2011
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56% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+1wxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzm3wwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+1wxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzm3wwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4dedef226>EX-MASSEY CHAIR ON MONTCOAL EXPLOSION INMAN RESUMES CLAIM UPPER BIG BRANCH BLAST WAS NATURAL DISASTER
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 Upper Big Branch Mine and intends to fully cooperate with pending government...
Published: Saturday, June 04, 2011
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56% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+lwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmGwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+lwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmGwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4d70beb2f>REPORT DETAILS MSHA OVERSIGHT LETTER TO CONGRESS FOCUSES ON 'POTENTIAL PROBLEM AREAS'
writing after a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on May 20, 2010, six weeks after 29 miners died in the explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine. Harkin's questions and MSHA's answers were only recently made public,...
Published: Thursday, March 03, 2011
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55% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+5wxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzm5wwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+5wxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzm5wwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4d721032cf>MINE SAFETY LAWS HOUSE GOP: MSHA FAILED ENFORCEMENT AGENCY CHIEF GRILLED ON AUDITS
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 Upper Big Branch Mine disaster, did not specify which MSHA field offices were audited and MSHA...
Published: Friday, March 04, 2011
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55% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+QwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmBwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+QwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmBwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4da026a296>UPPER BIG BRANCH MINE BLAST INQUIRY MCATEER: MINE DISASTERS NOT INEVITABLE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR WANTS WIDE-RANGING REFORMS IN COAL MINE SAFETY RULES
government regulators. McAteer said his team would release its report within a few weeks, outlining its conclusions about the causes of the Upper Big Branch disaster and urging reforms in the way mines are operated, rescue efforts performed...
Published: Friday, April 08, 2011
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55% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+iwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzm1wwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+iwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzm1wwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4e2a942227>CALIF. DEMOCRAT PRESSES ALPHA FOR ANSWERS ON MINING SAFETY
Whitehead, are employed by Alpha, but in "technical and support roles" that allow them no direct oversight of mining operations. Reach Ken Ward Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702....
Published: Thursday, July 21, 2011
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55% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+bwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmVwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+bwxFquiwGmaAnDaM5rwaoDBnGDwcaGnVonia1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmVwwwmzmeF-wwwhFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4dc90521f>UPPER BIG BRANCH MINE INVESTIGATION ‘WE WERE EXPENDABLE THAT NIGHT’ MSHA RESCUE TEAMS, MASSEY AT ODDS EARLY AFTER BLAST
that letting certain information out too soon could harm an ongoing criminal investigation of Massey's operations. Families of some of the Upper Big Branch miners have been especially upset because of reports that Massey officials were...
Published: Saturday, May 07, 2011
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