Massey Miners Fudged Inspections
Federal investigators are looking into allegations that Massey Energy Co. House Education and Labor Committee, where they described the canada goose store Upper Big Branch mine as a disaster waiting to happen.
Massey used canada goose coats on sale codes to warn workers when regulators showed up, cheap canada goose uk said Gary Quarles, whose Canada Goose online son Gary Wayne Quarles died in the explosion.
«When an MSHA canada goose black friday sale inspector canada goose uk black friday comes onto a Massey mine property, the code words go canada goose uk shop out, ‘we’ve got a man on the property,»‘ Quarles testified. «Those words are Canada Goose Jackets radioed from the guard gates and relayed to all working operations in the mine.»
After that, workers are expected to do everything possible to quickly correct problems canadian goose jacket or divert the inspectors’ attention from canada goose coats any issues, Quarles said. Whether it’s a crime as well is under consideration and may be looked into by Canada Goose sale other federal agencies.
The secretary of labor, MSHA’s parent agency, sued Canada Goose Coats On Sale two companies and three officials earlier canada goose uk outlet this month Canada Goose Outlet for cheap Canada Goose allegedly tipping off workers that inspectors had arrived. The agency says the warnings are a misdemeanor crime, punishable by up to six months in Canada Goose Parka prison and a $1,000 fine.
«What some companies may be doing is trying to hide outlaw and illegal activities,» Main said.
Miner Adam Morgan once told of being ordered to apply rock dust quickly because buy canada goose jacket an inspector was heading underground, said his father, Steve Morgan.
And miner Stanley canada goose factory sale «Goose» Stewart, who was about 300 feet inside Upper Big Branch when the explosion occurred, said methane gas and dust clouded the mine. He’s been unable to work since the canada goose clearance sale blast.
«You couldn’t Canada Goose Online see your hand in front of your face,» he uk canada goose said.
Adam Morgan routinely asked about ventilation problems and, despite being a trainee, fixed some on his own, said Steve Morgan, himself a veteran underground coal miner.
«He canadagoosejacketca said just about every shift he worked he had canada goose clearance to do some kind of ventilation repairs and some, like I said, he had to do on his own,» Steve Morgan said. When Adam Morgan complained, a Massey uk canada goose outlet supervisor told him to consider a different line of work.
reports that Massey reiterated claims by Chief Executive Don Blankenship that it does not put profits ahead of safety.
The company also stressed, again, that it’s continuing to cooperate with investigators.
«Our focus remains on providing for the canada goose families affected by this tragic accident and cooperating with state and federal agencies to determine its cause,» the company said.
Leo Long said his grandson Ronald Lee Maynor worked in dangerous conditions out of fear of losing his job.
«If they found a violation, the boss would tell ‘em, ‘Get back to work.’ If they don’t go back to work, they’d be fired,» Long said.
Clay Mullins dismissed Blankenship’s assertion that Massey puts safety first as he related a read more here final conversation with his brother Rex Mullins the day before he died.
«I buy canada goose jacket cheap talked to him Easter Sunday before this happened and the only thing that he said to me was all that was thought about there was running coal,» Mullins said. Performance Coal executives only wanted «to run, run, run, no matter what the conditions were.».