Sponsor Message Aracoma Alma and then-owner Massey Energy had a history of serious safety problems, including falling rock. In the two years before Blankenship's accident, the mine was cited by ...

Davitt McAteer has overseen investigations into two previous mine accidents, the Sago disaster that killed 12 miners in 2006 and the fire at the Aracoma Alma No. 2 mine that left two workers dead.

Also Thursday, four Massey supervisors were charged with crimes stemming from a fatal mine fire in 2006. They are accused of failing to conduct safety drills at Massey’s Aracoma Alma No. 1 mine ...

The report also notes that Adkins was Massey COO when two miners were killed at the company's Aracoma Alma mine ... that the mine had 'a high risk level for a fatal accident on any given day.'" ...

LOGAN — The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a record $1.5 million fine against Massey Energy Co. for 25 violations that contributed to the deaths of two ...

The fire started Thursday evening on a conveyor belt at the Alma No. 1 Mine operated by Massey Energy subsidiary Aracoma Coal ... It has not had a fatal accident since 1995.

The fire occurred Thursday at Aracoma Coal's Alma mine. The search for the two ... This is the state's second major mining accident in three weeks. Twelve men died trapped underground at the ...

fire at Massey's Aracoma Alma Mine No. 1 determined that 25 violations of mandatory health and safety laws contributed to the accident. The regulator noted that in March 2006 it referred the case ...

It's the largest settlement ever in a criminal investigation in mining accident. But that's not ... charges stemming from the January 2006 Aracoma Alma Mine fire, which killed two workers, and ...

An NPR investigation found thousands of American mine owners fail to pay penalties for safety violations, even as they continue to manage dangerous — and sometimes deadly — operations.