{West Virginia}...Two West Virginia coal mines have been warned they could be labeled pattern violators for failing to report accidents. Alpha Natural Resources, the new owner of Massey Energy coal mines, recently gave the federal agency information it wanted about the Randolph Mine and the Justice No. 1 Mine in Boone County when they were owned by Massey. MSHA wanted the information about possible injuries last November but Massey refused to release it. The federal agency says it later discovered through its audit that the two mines failed to report or inaccurately reported a total of 24 injuries, resulting in 1,125 lost days of work.
