the associated press describes their safety record as spotty. massey has been frequently cited for safety violations, 50 citations at the upper big branch nine march alone. three fatalities in this one mine in 12 years, in 7 of the last 10 years, its nonfatal injury rate is worse than the national average for similar operations. think progress is compiling information on the mine. the mine has been cited for more than 3,000 safety violations since 1995. the ceo of massey energy is a man named don blankenship, on the board of directors of the u.s. chamber of commerce. in west virginia he spent more than $3 million on ads to defeat a supreme court justice, a state supreme court justice who he expected would rule against him in a $50 million court case. the new judge after the guy
their safety record as spotty. the washington post reports that massey has been frequently cited for safety violations, 50 citations at the upper big branch nine march alone. three fatalities in this one mine over the past 12 years. in 7 of the last 10 years, according to the a.p., its nonfatal injury rate is worse than the national average for similar operations. researchers that think think progress is compiling information on the mine. they found that the mine has been cited for more than 3,000 safety violations since 1995. the ceo of massey energy is a man named don blankenship, on the board of directors of the u.s. chamber of commerce. he s very politically active. in west virginia he spent more than $3 million on ads to defeat a supreme court justice, a state supreme court justice who he expected would rule against him in a $50 million court case. the new judge after the guy blankenship wanted out was defeated, the new judge, shockingly became the deciding vote in the ruling in
blankenship wanted out was defeated, the new judge, shockingly became the deciding vote in the ruling in mr. blankenship s favor in that case. in 2008 in response to a series of articles of mountain top removal mining and a fatal fire in one of the mines mr. blankenship lashed out at the newspaper covering him. it is as great a pleasure for me to be criticized by the communists and the atheists of the charleston gazette to be applauded by my best friends. i know they are wrong. people are cowering away from people who are our enemies. would we be upset if osama bin laden was critical of us? charleston gazette, osama bin laden. here is what happened in 2008 when abc news tried to ask mr. blankenship about the buy a judge controversy.
blankenship s favor in that case. in november of 2008, apparently in response to a series every articles about mountaintop removal mining and a fatal fire and the buying the judge controversy, mr. blankenship lashed out at the newspaper covering him. it is as great a pleasure for me to be criticized by the communists and the atheists of the charleston gazette as to be applauded by my best friends. i know they are wrong. people are cowering away from being criticized by people that are our enemies. would we be upset if osama bin laden was critical of us? charleston gazette, osama bin laden. here is what happened in 2008 when abc news tried to ask mr. blankenship about the buy a judge controversy. you are liable to get shot. how are you doing mr. blankenship. abc news. sir. don t touch my camera.