W. Virginia mine faked safety logs before fatal 2010 blast, federal regulators say

Thursday, June 30, 2011

BEAVER, W.Va. -- The owner of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men last year kept two sets of books on safety conditions -- an accurate one for itself and a sanitized one for the government, federal regulators said Wednesday.

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