Massey Energy, the coal giant that owns the West Virginia mine where 29 miners were killed in a blast April 5, might be racking up thousands of safety violations at other projects since the explosion; it might have former workers decrying its safety policies; and it might be contesting more citations than any other mining company in the nation.
But that, the company said Tuesday, doesn't give lawmakers free license to attack its safety record. Responding to yesterday's Senate HELP Committee hearing on mine safety, Massey said it's "disappointed" that the discussion "degenerated into political grandstanding."
"Unfortunately, all the sound bites in the world will not improve the safety of a single miner in America," the statement reads, adding that overzealous federal regulators — not the industry — are responsible for the enormous backlog of citation appeals.
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