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that letting certain information out too soon could harm an ongoing criminal investigation of Massey's operations. Families of some of the UpperBigBranch miners have been especially upset because of reports that Massey officials were... Published: Saturday, May 07, 2011 Words: 939
has praised Obama for putting former union safety director Joe Main in charge of MSHA and increasing enforcement efforts since the UpperBigBranch Mine Disaster in April 2010. GOP leaders in Congress, meanwhile, have blocked new mine-safety... Published: Saturday, November 19, 2011 Words: 1017
that an agency "computer programming error" that missed eight final orders was actually to blame for its lack of action at UpperBigBranch. Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702.... Published: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Words: 599
fines up to $220,000 for each "flagrant" safety violation - repeated and serious lapses. MSHA has used this authority, but not at UpperBigBranch. MSHA levied such fines more than 125 times during the past five years, mostly under... Published: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 Words: 420
final report and work with the U.S. Department of Labor on the case. From Jan. 1, 2009, until the day of the blast, MSHA cited UpperBigBranch for 645 violations and imposed penalties of more than $1.2 million. But the previous reports... Published: Sunday, December 04, 2011 Words: 881
think it's a bit outrageous that these problems aren't being found and fixed by mine operators," Main said Wednesday. After UpperBigBranch, MSHA also issued an emergency temporary standard that requires mine operators to use spread... Published: Thursday, January 06, 2011 Words: 738
practices and federal prosecutors have said they are investigating potential criminal violations dating back more than four years at UpperBigBranch. MSHA investigators had said they believed the "most likely" ignition source for the... Published: Saturday, January 29, 2011 Words: 730
agency "computer programming error" that missed eight final enforcement orders was actually to blame for its lack of action at UpperBigBranch. In the more than 30 years since Congress created the POV program, MSHA has never successfully... Published: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 Words: 725
a Labor Department lawyer, talks with Gina Jones (center), whose husband, Edward Dean Jones, was killed in the April 2010 UpperBigBranch Mine disaster. Ferguson also spoke to Judy Jones Petersen (right), his sister. Earlier Tuesday,... Published: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 Words: 1311
in a January 2006 fire and a Massey subsidiary admitted criminal safety violations. Adkins and Harvey are running Massey's internal investigation of UpperBigBranch, the court petition says, a probe that has so far led the company... Published: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 Words: 924
