Final UBB Report To Be Released

• {Charleston, West Virginia}...West Virginia mining officials will release the fourth and final report on the April 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster on February 23rd. Leslie Fitzwater of the Office of Miners Health Safety and Training says it will be presented to the victims' families at the Raleigh County Convention Center in Beckley before it's released publicly. Reports issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the United Mine Workers of America and an independent panel appointed by the former governor Joe Manchin concluded Virginia-based Massey Energy let methane and coal dust build up in the mine, and worn and broken cutting equipment created the spark it needed to explode.