Tuesday, November 02, 2010
West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds State Suspension
WEST VIRGINIA....
West Virginia's Supreme Court has upheld the state mine safety office's authority to suspend the miner's certificate of locomotive driver William Coulson after a drug test found he'd taken a prescription pain medication without a prescription. Two years ago, Victor Goudy died after being pinned between a locomotive and a rail car that were struck by a second locomotive, operated by Coulson, inside Consol Energy's McElroy Mine in Marshall County. The state suspended Coulson, but the Coal Mine Safety Board of Appeals overturned the suspension on procedural grounds, a ruling later upheld by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Paul Zakaib Jr. The Supreme Court overruled Zakaib and sent the case back to the disciplinary panel.
West Virginia's Supreme Court has upheld the state mine safety office's authority to suspend the miner's certificate of locomotive driver William Coulson after a drug test found he'd taken a prescription pain medication without a prescription. Two years ago, Victor Goudy died after being pinned between a locomotive and a rail car that were struck by a second locomotive, operated by Coulson, inside Consol Energy's McElroy Mine in Marshall County. The state suspended Coulson, but the Coal Mine Safety Board of Appeals overturned the suspension on procedural grounds, a ruling later upheld by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Paul Zakaib Jr. The Supreme Court overruled Zakaib and sent the case back to the disciplinary panel.
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