Tag: Upper Big Branch Mine

Massey Energy CEO guilty of misdemeanour count in criminal trial

Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship guilty of willfully violating mine safety standards CHARLESTON, W.Va. _Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted Thursday of a misdemeanour count connected to a deadly coal mine explosion and acquitted of more serious charges. A federal jury in West Virginia convicted Blankenship of conspiring to wilfully violate mine safety […]