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A coal miner who says he was fired for enforcing safety standards that slowed down both production and the sealing of the Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia is suing Alpha Natural Resources. The State Journal said Glen …
A former security chief convicted of lying to investigators after the 2010 explosion that killed 29 men at the Upper Big Branch mine asked a federal appeals court Monday to overturn his October conviction and order a new trial.
A former Performance Coal Co. employee has filed suit alleging he was unlawfully discharged for enforcing safety standards, as well as for his participation in the Upper Big Branch Mine investigation.
A coal miner who says he was fired for enforcing safety standards that slowed both production and the sealing of the Upper Big Branch mine is suing Alpha Natural Resources.
Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources says it has taken steps to avoid coal-dust violations of the kind that investigators say caused the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 men, according to a letter the Bristol, Va.-based company …
BECKLEY — A coal miner who says he was fired for enforcing safety standards that slowed down both production and the sealing of the Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia is suing Alpha Natural Resources.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- A former security chief convicted of lying to investigators about the 2010 explosion that killed 29 men at the Upper Big Branch mine says he deserves a new trial. Hughie Elbert
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Alpha Natural Resources says it has added staff and taken other steps to avoid coal-dust violations of the kind that investigators say caused the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster, according to a letter the company sent last week to f...
The Upper Big Branch Mine explosion made West Virginia the No. 1 state for workplace fatalities in 2010, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Three workplace safety and health experts will lead a research foundation formed by Alpha Natural Resources as part of its deal to avoid corporate criminal prosecution in the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, officials announced Mo...
A new Securities Exchange Commission filing from Alpha Natural Resources shows that at least two families of the Upper Big Branch mine explosion have withdrawn from wrongful death settlements.