Mine operator accused of abusing safety appeals process

Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 21:10 in Earth & Climate

Witnesses tell a Senate panel that Massey Energy was able to ‘game the system’ to keep operating the West Virginia mine where 29 died this month. A union leader says workers were ‘scared to death.’ The company that operated the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 miners this month was able to "game the system" by using a lengthy appeals...

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