Former mining executive indicted for 2010 explosion that killed 29 people

Former mining executive indicted for 2010 explosion that killed 29 people
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Don Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy, was indicted on Thursday by a federal grand jury in West Virginia, The Charleston Gazette reports. Prosecutors allege that Blankenship was willfully responsible for a pattern of safety violations that led to an explosion in 2010 at the Upper Big Branch Mine (UBB), an event that resulted in the deaths of 29 miners.

The indictment says, in part:

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