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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+2wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmzwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+2wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmzwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=564b01316>DON BLANKENSHIP ON TRIAL DEFENSE FOCUS STILL ON MSHA AND OBAMA EX-MASSEY CHIEF'S TRIAL CONTINUES THIS WEEK
ruling from Berger to block evidence and argument that Massey disagreed with MSHA's enforcement of "belt-air ventilation standards at Upper Big Branch. Berger said in that ruling that she also was blocking evidence and argument that...
Published: Sunday, November 15, 2015
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+3wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmAwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+3wxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmAwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4f8943229>FEDS LOOKING INTO MSHA TIPSTER REPORT
notice of any MSHA inspection. Anyone convicted of doing so can face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. In the wake of Upper Big Branch, MSHA officials have focused on what they say was Massey's intentional program of security...
Published: Friday, April 13, 2012
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+jwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmcwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+jwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmcwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=562f43a179>DON BLANKENSHIP TRIAL MINE DISASTER LURKS JUST BELOW SURFACE BOTH SIDES IN CASE LIMIT REFERENCES TO, USING EVIDENCE OF EXPLOSION
U.S. Attorney Steve Ruby use a model to illustrate to jurors in the Don Blankenship trial how the longwall machine at the Upper Big Branch Mine worked. Reach Ken Ward Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com, 304-348-1702 or follow@kenwardjr on Twitter....
Published: Sunday, October 25, 2015
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+gwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmMwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+gwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmMwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=4ea7d2a2c9>MINE SECURITY CHIEF TRIAL BEGINS
criminally so far in what MSHA officials and the Justice Department have said is a sprawling federal criminal probe of Upper Big Branch. Last month, Berger sentenced former Upper Big Branch miner Thomas Harrah to 10 months in jail....
Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+VwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmDwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+VwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmDwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=56388c31a>BLANKENSHIP TRIAL, DAY 17 JURY HEARS THAT MASSEY UNDERREPORTED INJURIES
Friday, Ruby sought to counteract cross-examination testimony in which Blanchard helped the defense to minimize the seriousness of MSHA citations at Upper Big Branch, questioning Blanchard about a long list of individual citations for...
Published: Saturday, October 31, 2015
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65% < /cgi-bin/texis/search/+XwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmdwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw> /cgi-bin/texis/search/+XwxFqPiwGmaAnDaxnGtnGaM5rwa1ppnGaxotaxGwDqrqzmdwwwmFqh+XWX5hFq0eRGlnGeRRHmqwceRkHmGprveRDxxLo5eRS3t+XWXtFqwrFqw/storypage.html?id=51ac61a12d>JUDGE DELAYS MASSEY SENTENCING UNTIL AUG. 1
performed key mine safety examinations at the mine between January 2008 and August 2009, and then lied to investigators about his actions. Berger sentenced a former Upper Big Branch security director, Hughie Elbert Stover, to 36 months...
Published: Friday, May 31, 2013
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provides additional fuel for the explosion, sir. Ruby also questioned Blanchard about a specific citation that alleged Upper Big Branch violated its MSHA-approved roof control plan by mining tunnels that were too wide. "The wider the...
Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2015
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The jury also concluded that Stover later tried to have one of his guards get rid of company documents about security procedures at Upper Big Branch. During a court hearing in Beckley, Berger rebuffed U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, who...
Published: Thursday, March 01, 2012
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it was impossible, and added, "Too many of the citations are too subjective. Blanchard described a tense disagreement that he and other Upper Big Branch officials had with MSHA over ventilation at the Upper Big Branch Mine, despite...
Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2015
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key mine safety examinations at the mine between January 2008 and August 2009, and then lied to investigators about his actions. Berger sentenced a former Upper Big Branch security director, Hughie Elbert Stover, to 36 months in jail...
Published: Friday, March 01, 2013
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