Massey Energy: Feds file criminal charges

[Peregrinator]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203960804577239053805044644.html

Prosecutors allege that Mr. May on one occasion altered the mine's ventilation while an inspector was taking air samples. On another, Mr. May allegedly ordered that a monitor be rewired so that a mining machine could operate despite elevated levels of explosive methane, prosecutors said.

The charges filed Wednesday carry a potential penalty of as many as five years in prison, according to prosecutors.

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration concluded in December, after a 20-month investigation, that the accident was "entirely preventable." It said Massey management failed to prevent a small methane-gas ignition from turning into a powerful coal-dust explosion. The agency fined Alpha a record $10.8 million in civil penalties.

 

[Sean]

Five years? The cunt should be looking at life.

 

[Peregrinator]

Five years? The cunt should be looking at life.

Might as well have pulled the trigger himself.

 

[koalabear]

Thank God for OSHA.

 

[doctor_insanus]

But, of course, let's try to shift the blame toward the miners anyway.

 

[Peregrinator]

Thank God for OSHA.

Yeah, we should get rid of them so murderous mine officials wouldn't have to lie to them about killing their employees for the profit margin. Damn that government.

 

[koalabear]

Yeah, we should get rid of them so murderous mine officials wouldn't have to lie to them about killing their employees for the profit margin. Damn that government.

OHSA is worthless as your story indicates. The mine officials did what they wanted, where was OSHA before the 29 miners were killed?

 

[Peregrinator]

OHSA is worthless as your story indicates. The mine officials did what they wanted, where was OSHA before the 29 miners were killed?

Why are you focused on OSHA? Do you think the dead miners would have been better off without the government making periodic checks? Do you think it's possible that there are other things OSHA looked for that the lying murderer wasn't able to hide from them?

 

[koalabear]

Why are you focused on OSHA? Do you think the dead miners would have been better off without the government making periodic checks? Do you think it's possible that there are other things OSHA looked for that the lying murderer wasn't able to hide from them?

If OHSA had done their job, 29 miners would be alive. But you can keep covering for them if you wish.

 

[Sean]

If OHSA had done their job, 29 miners would be alive. But you can keep covering for them if you wish.

Un. Fucking. Believable.

 

[TexasWife25]

Un. Fucking. Believable.

You expected him to say something else?

 

[koalabear]

Un. Fucking. Believable.

Really, why have OSHA if they don't do their job.

 

[Peregrinator]

If OHSA had done their job, 29 miners would be alive. But you can keep covering for them if you wish.

Holy shit.

 

[koalabear]

Holy shit.

Really, they are just as guilty as the mine owner.

 

[TexasWife25]

Really, they are just as guilty as the mine owner.

So, you're saying cops are just as guilty as criminals, when the criminal gets away with the crime?

 

[Sean]

Really, they are just as guilty as the mine owner.

Oh, look, a can of corn smiley. You're a piece of shit.

 

[IndieSnob]

Oh, look, a can of corn smiley. You're a piece of shit.

:can of corn smiley:

Shit, didn't work.

I'll PM Laurel and have her get on it stat.

 

[unregistered]

 

[koalabear]

Oh, look, a can of corn smiley. You're a piece of shit.

That the best you got?

 

[unregistered]

 

[koalabear]

His *Burp thud* was much better.

He has burnt out quite a few brain cells.

 

[Peregrinator]

Really, they are just as guilty as the mine owner.

Holy fucking shit with koaladingles on top.

 

[cjh]

Thank God for OSHA.

Booth Goodwin, the U.S. attorney in Charleston, W.Va., charged Gary May, 43, a former superintendent at Massey's Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, W.Va., with violating federal mine laws in order to conceal safety hazards and to prevent inspectors from slowing coal production.

The company took affirmative steps to avoid detection.

 

[koalabear]

The company took affirmative steps to avoid detection.

They paid off the inspector.

 

[cjh]

They paid off the inspector.

And you're okay with that?