Coal Exec Sentenced to Prison in Deadly Mine Explosion
Apr 06, 2016, 08:07 PM
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(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) — Former coal executive Don Blankenship has been sentenced to one year in prison and fined $250,000 for conspiracy to violate mine safety standards in the deadliest U.S. mine explosion in four decades.
U.S. District Judge Irene Berger sentenced the ex-Massey Energy CEO on Wednesday.
Blankenship was convicted Dec. 3 of a misdemeanor conspiracy to willfully violate mine safety standards at Upper Big Branch Mine. The West Virginia coal mine exploded in 2010, killing 29 men.