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Mine Disaster Gets Mining Company 369 Citations! A Brief History On April 5, 2010, the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia suffered a collapse, killing 29 of the 31 men working at the site.  The tragedy was the worst US mine disaster since 1970, and resulted in the Massey Energy Company being issued 369 citations for failing to follow proper mine safety laws. Digging Deeper Coal mining is hard, dirty work, and the miners are always at risk for catastrophic accidents and cave ins, espec...

Gusher and b.p. is carefully trying to guide the skinny tube in the oil site to siphon the crude up to the surface. it would keep it from leaking in the oil, thats the hope anyway. the justice department is investigating the west virginia mine accident that killed 29 workers last month and they will determine if there was any "willful criminal activity" by the company that operated the mine, performance coal. the 9-year-old dutch boy who was sole survivor of plane crash in libya arrived home...

Safety of the environment? one family is suing don blankenship and nas massny ener. thank you so much for joining us. the target of the lawsuit is massey and also the ceo. what is your contention here? the $3 million isnt enough? where does this lawsuit take us? >> well, first, ed, i think its important to note that the $3 million-offers that have been made by massey are only made to my knowledge to families that are not represented by counsel. theyve not made those offers to my knowledge to any...

With the 18 families that are waiting to see if theres any hope and its just a horrible situation. one family we had to notify and i notified had three. the mother had her oldest son and two grandsons. and they were all found together. >> absolutely. >> heartbreaking. >> governor, this particular mine had a history -- this company has had a -- is run by performance coal. this particular mine, though, had a number of problems with it. are you -- are you confident that it was safe to go in? >> wel...