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subsidiary Performance Coal "had a practice and policy dating back to at least 1999 that forbade security guards at the UpperBigBranch Mine from giving advance notice of an inspection by prohibiting the announcement of the presence... Published: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 Words: 894
Davitt McAteer discusses the April 5, 2010, explosion that killed 29 workers at Massey Energy’s UpperBigBranch Mine. Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702.... Published: Friday, May 20, 2011 Words: 1440
The April 5, 2010, explosion was the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in nearly 40 years. Last month, Berger sentenced former UpperBigBranch miner Thomas Harrah to 10 months in jail. Harrah pleaded guilty to faking a foreman's license... Published: Friday, October 21, 2011 Words: 497
more than 1.2 million tons of coal in 2009, according to company data reported to MSHA. Previously, now-retired Massey CEO Don Blankenship had indicated several times that the company hoped to reopen UpperBigBranch. In its annual... Published: Saturday, April 30, 2011 Words: 331
invoked their Fifth Amendment rights and refused to testimony. MSHA officials also defended their agency when asked how conditions at UpperBigBranch could have deteriorated to the point that multiple safety systems aimed at preventing... Published: Thursday, January 20, 2011 Words: 1122
probe. During a U.S. Senate hearing six weeks after the disaster, the UMW's Roberts predicted that "investigations of the UpperBigBranch tragedy will show that safe mining practices were not followed at that operation and miners were... Published: Friday, October 21, 2011 Words: 582
began digging into advance notification practices at Massey following a May 2010 congressional hearing. Families of miners who died at UpperBigBranch testified at that hearing that security guards routinely radioed ahead to the mine... Published: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Words: 849
United Mine Workers safety director who now runs MSHA, admitted as much during the press conference where his agency released its UpperBigBranch report. "It's pretty clear to everyone that the U.S. Attorney can move more swiftly than... Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011 Words: 1819
state and federal mine safety officials and emergency response personnel. West Virginia mine inspector Wayne Wingrove had left UpperBigBranch at about 2 p.m. He hurried back to the operation after getting a call that "something bad... Published: Monday, May 23, 2011 Words: 2057
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 three... Published: Friday, September 23, 2011 Words: 948
