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MSHA Holding Upper Big Branch Public Briefing June 29

Posted in on Mon, Jun 27, 2011

From MSHA –

 MSHA News Release: [06/23/2011]

US Labor Department’s MSHA to hold June 29 public briefing
on investigation of Upper Big Branch Mine explosion

ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration will hold a June 29 public briefing on its investigation into the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va. The briefing, to begin at 10 a.m. EDT, will coincide with the one-year anniversary of the start of the agency’s underground investigation at the Upper Big Branch Mine and will be held at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beaver, W.Va. A Q-and-A session for the public will take place at the conclusion of the briefing and end by 12:45 p.m., to be followed by a press availability.  http://www.msha.gov/MEDIA/PRESS/2011/NR110623a.asp

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