Saturday, July 10, 2010
MSHA Dismissing Massey Complaints
WEST VIRGINIA....
The Mine Safety and Health Administration says it's dismissing Massey Energy's complaints about allowing government and union officials to tour the company's Upper Big Branch Mine. MSHA says it set up Thursday's visit to the mine at the request of CEO Don Blankenship who skipped the tour when investigators declined to let him visit the suspected starting point of the April 5th explosion. Instead, MSHA says the company sent out a statement complaining the visit could destroy evidence. MSHA says Massey representatives joined government and labor officials who toured other parts of the mine. Massey criticized a tour by United Mine Workers Union President Cecil Roberts and what Massey calls "political appointees" from MSHA.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 7:44 PM 
