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Net income. US$104.4 million (2009) [1] Number of employees. approx. 5,850 [2] Website. www.alphanr.com. Massey Energy Company was a coal extractor in the United States with substantial operations in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia. By revenue, it was the fourth largest producer of coal in the United States and the largest coal producer in ...
Don Blankenship. Donald Leon Blankenship (born March 14, 1950) is an American convicted criminal, business executive, and former political candidate. He was chairman and CEO of the Massey Energy Company—the sixth-largest coal company (by 2008 production) in the United States [2] —from 2000 until 2010 when an explosion at Massey's Upper Big ...
The Upper Big Branch Mine disaster occurred on April 5, 2010, roughly 1,000 feet (300 m) underground in Raleigh County, West Virginia at Massey Energy 's Upper Big Branch coal mine located in Montcoal. 29 out of 31 at the site were killed. [1] The coal dust explosion occurred at 3:27 pm. [2] The accident was the worst in the United States since ...
According to a WVU study, in 2019, coal mining and coal-fired power plants directly employed 15, 400 people (roughly 13, 000 in mining and 2, 000 in plants) and indirectly supported the employment ...
West Virginia coal wars. The West Virginia coal wars (1912–1921), also known as the mine wars, arose out of a dispute between coal companies and miners. The West Virginia mine wars era began with the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek strike of 1912–1913. [1] With help from Mary "Mother Jones" Harris Jones, an important figure in unionizing the ...
The coal mining communities, or coal towns of Raleigh County, West Virginia were situated to exploit the area's rich coal seams. Many of these towns were located in deep ravines that afforded direct access to the coal through the hillsides, allowing mined coal to be dropped or conveyed downhill to railway lines at the valley floor. [1]
Coordinates: 38°5′N 81°59′W. The Hobet 21 Coal Mine in West Virginia was operational between 1974 and 2015. Straddling the border of Boone County and Lincoln County in the Appalachian Mountains, the Hobet 21 mine was one of the largest mountaintop-removal coal mining operations in West Virginia. Originally owned by Fil Nutter, the mine ...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) (/ ˈ ɛ m ʃ ə /) is a large agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents, to reduce the frequency and severity of nonfatal accidents, to ...