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November 24, 2010

Report: Massey Has Worst Safety Record in Coal Industry
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In other mining news, a new report from the Investigative Reporting
Workshop has found that Massey Energy has the worst fatality record of
any coal company in the United States and that Massey had that
distinction even before a deadly explosion in April killed 29 people.
The Workshop found that no company other than Massey was responsible for
more miner deaths from 2000 to 2009, even though Massey was only the
sixth-largest coal producer in the United States last year.
Including this year’s fatalities, 54 workers have been killed at Massey
mines since 2000, dozens more than those of any other company. The
Pennsylvania-based Consol had the second worst safety record.



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