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Coal miners from West Virginia and surrounding states met in Morgantown last month to compete in a rescue competition.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe miners, Joshua Cochran, 45, and Shawn Turley, 53, worked in Massey and Alpha mines for more than two decades. Both have developed complicated black lung.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHarry Wiles applied for what’s called a Part 90 transfer, allowing him to continue to work in the mine but with less exposure to toxic dust.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn April 5, 2010, 29 coal miners were killed at the Upper Big Branch mine in the deadliest mine explosion in decades.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAs expected, the new MSHA rule lowers the maximum exposure to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air during an eight-hour shift.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBlankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy, was convicted of violating federal mine safety law in a 2016 trial. Twenty-nine miners at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine were killed in 2010.
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