Dozens More Massey Mines Unsafe
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The federal investigators probing into the massive explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners last week might take note: According to a review of federal records by The Washington Independent, the dozens of other active tunnel mines owned by the same energy company have run up thousands of safety violations this year alone. Hundreds of those citations target the same problems with ventilation and methane buildup that many suspect sparked the West Virginia disaster.
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