Friday, April 16, 2010
Inspectors Find Additional Massey Violations
WEST VIRGINIA....
Federal inspectors have found more than 60 serious safety violations at Massey Energy operations since April 5th.Mine Safety and Health Administration records show inspectors have visited more than 30 Massey Energy underground mines in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia since the deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine left 29 miners dead and two injured. The agency has tentatively blamed preventable accumulations of explosive methane gas and coal dust for the worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1970. During these inspections, officials found violations including conveyer belt problems at Aracoma Alma No. 1 mine where a belt fire killed two men in 2006, and a Kentucky mine was cited for allowing coal dust to pile up on three occasions since the explosion. Several Massey mines weren't cited at all after the inspections.
Federal inspectors have found more than 60 serious safety violations at Massey Energy operations since April 5th.Mine Safety and Health Administration records show inspectors have visited more than 30 Massey Energy underground mines in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia since the deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine left 29 miners dead and two injured. The agency has tentatively blamed preventable accumulations of explosive methane gas and coal dust for the worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1970. During these inspections, officials found violations including conveyer belt problems at Aracoma Alma No. 1 mine where a belt fire killed two men in 2006, and a Kentucky mine was cited for allowing coal dust to pile up on three occasions since the explosion. Several Massey mines weren't cited at all after the inspections.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 12:56 PM 
