On April 5, 2010 an explosion inside the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, W.Va. killed 29 miners. It was the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in 40 years.
September 3, 2010
2 from coal firm were underground alone for 4 hours
August 26, 2010
A federal official says a handheld meter found deep inside the Upper Big Branch mine detected e ...
August 26, 2010
Some mine companies are tipping off their underground workers before federal officials ...
August 25, 2010
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Methane gas may be bubbling into a flooded area of the Upper Big Branc ...
August 6, 2010
MSHA does not classify infractions of Massey subsidiary as 'significant or substantial' regarding miner safety
July 22, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mine safety officials are painting a portrait of ineptitude and confusion by ...
July 21, 2010
The Montcoal Mining Disaster Fund will close at the end of this month, after raising more than $750 ...
July 17, 2010
Despite safety problems, MSHA failed to fine company
Federal inspectors found that Steven Cain had "little mining experience" and "minima ...
July 13, 2010
Obama administration officials on Tuesday urged quick action by Congress to pass another round of ...
June 30, 2010
The ranking Republican on the Senate Labor Committee questioned Wednesday whether vacancies in se ...
June 29, 2010
Congressional Democrats on Tuesday released a "discussion draft" of proposed legislation ...
June 26, 2010
While federal mine safety regulators last year were curtailing tougher enforcement actions because ...
June 12, 2010
Federal regulators investigating the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster have removed one member of an i ...
June 10, 2010
Agency-ordered ventilation plans dangerous, Blankenship warns
June 2, 2010
Two teams of state, federal and Massey Energy officials went back into Massey Energy's Upper Bi ...
May 21, 2010
'You know he's in there,' James Woods' daughter says
May 21, 2010
Latest death puts 2010 W.Va. coal fatalities at 31
May 20, 2010
Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and federal Mine Safety and Health Administration chief Joe M ...
May 14, 2010
Prosecutors' inquiry confirmed; looking back 4 years
May 12, 2010
Federal regulators said Wednesday they had blocked Massey Energy from using air scrubbers in dozens ...
May 8, 2010
Late on the morning of March 9, 1976, a huge explosion ripped through the Scotia Mine in Letcher Cou ...
May 6, 2010
Federal investigators will conduct key portions of their probe of the Upper Big Banch Mine disaster ...
May 4, 2010
Disaster team expanded; internal investigator named
Federal officials announced Tuesday that they had expanded the team investigating the Upper Big ...
May 1, 2010
Before every shift worked in an underground coal mine, coal operators are supposed to check for saf ...
April 30, 2010
U.S. investigates potential safety violations in fatal April 5 blast
April 29, 2010
The West Virginia coal mine disaster that killed 29 men has prompted another lawsuit, this one over ...
April 29, 2010
The daughter of one of 29 men killed in a West Virginia coal mine explosion says owner Massey E ...
April 28, 2010
Agency missed or ignored Massey violations, lawsuit alleges
April 28, 2010
April 25, 2010
Thousands of people, including President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, members of West Virgin ...
April 21, 2010
Federal inspectors fanned out across the coalfields over the weekend as part of a U.S. Mine Safety ...
April 17, 2010
In wake of Montcoal disaster, fatal '06 fire gets judicial revisit
April 15, 2010
Safety refreshers a focus, most operators say
Most West Virginia coal operators will honor Gov. Joe Manchin's request to cease production Frid ...
April 14, 2010
Investigators may not be able to get a look inside Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Min ...
April 12, 2010
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors cited the Massey operations for violations ...
April 10, 2010
Families like the Greens have sent one generation after the next into Southern West Virginia coal mi ...
April 10, 2010
The news trucks traveled up and down the Coal River Valley last week, past homes and churches, p ...
April 10, 2010
Four years ago, Ray McKinney, then the nation's top coal-mine regulator, had scheduled ...
April 9, 2010
Death toll rises to 29; worst U.S. mine disaster in 40 years
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April 8, 2010
Twice last year, federal mine safety officials overseeing the Massey Energy Upper Big Branch mi ...
April 8, 2010
The West Virginia Council of Churches has established the Montcoal Mining Disaster Fund and is acce ...
April 8, 2010
West Virginia regulators are conducting special inspections of four coal-slurry impoundments in the ...
April 8, 2010
Conditions were improving Thursday evening inside Massey Energy' ...
April 7, 2010
Gov. Joe Manchin on Wednesday promised swift and harsh action if investigators find that violations ...
April 7, 2010
Traveling down W.Va. 3, church signs urge drivers to "Pray for our Missing Miners and Fami ...
April 7, 2010
Gov. Joe Manchin four years ago delivered what seemed to be miraculous news: a dozen miners had ...
April 6, 2010
Family loses three members in mining disaster
April 6, 2010
Here is a look at some of the miners killed in Monday's explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine- ...
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