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Mining company gets 253 citations

W. Va. officials release final report on 2010 explosion

By Vicki Smith

 |  Associated Press  

  February 24, 2012

West Virginia mine safety officials issued 253 violations in their investigation of the Upper Big Branch disaster and targeted at least two foremen, saying their failures may have exacerbated the unsafe conditions underground before the explosion that killed 29 men.

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