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Two coal miners say they quit Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in the final months before an explosion because they thought it was going to blow up. A third miner -- who had worked at the mine ...

MSHA issued the largest fine in its history – $10,825,368 – against the former Massey Energy Co. in connection to the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion. In its Dec. 6 fatal accident investigation ...

As the third anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster approaches, legal teams assembled by the Labor Department to force mine operators to improve safety are being largely disbanded. The ...

WHITESVILLE, W.Va. (AP) – On the heels of a West Virginia coal mining death, families of the 29 men killed in the Upper Big Branch mine dedicated a memorial Friday to their fallen relatives and those ...

A federal magistrate judge said prosecutors should have turned over documents that could have helped Mr. Blankenship’s case. By Mihir Zaveri Officials worry that failed coal companies will use ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The explosion that killed 25 workers at a Massey Energy coal mine in West Virginia may harm the company's public image, but will have few lasting effects on its financial ...