Why isn’t there a criminal investigation going on of Massey Energy?
An NPR News investigation has documented a dangerous and potentially illegal act at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia two months before a massive April explosion killed 29 mine workers.
On Feb. 13, an electrician deliberately disabled a methane gas monitor on a continuous mining machine because the monitor repeatedly shut down the machine.
Three witnesses say the electrician was ordered by a mine supervisor to “bridge” the automatic shutoff mechanism in the monitor.
via Massey Mine Workers Disabled Safety Monitor : NPR.
I’m sure Joe Main at MSHA is probably itching to lay the smackdown on Massey Energy if he’s not in the process of doing so already.
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