Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV

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September 6, 2010

Massey cited for two safety violations

CHARLESTON (AP) — Massey Energy says it’s been cited for two more alleged serious safety violations, including one at the Upper Big Branch coal mine.

Massey says in a regulatory filing that federal investigators found bad roof and wall conditions and flooding at the Raleigh County mine.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration decided the conditions posed an imminent danger of death or injury and cited the company Thursday.

Virginia-based Massey says the problems are not in an area where investigators are looking for clues to the explosion that killed 29 miners April 5.

Massey says it disputes MSHA’s conclusion, but says it’s fixing the problems.

Massey says it also was cited for a faulty circuit breaker at its Derby Wilson Mine in Wise County, Va., Aug. 30.

No one was injured because of either violation.

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