Health, Safety & Personal Injury Law Blog
February 4, 2015 • West Virginia law,WV Work Accidents
House Bill 2011: Giving West Virginia Employers the Right to Kill
Imagine a world where corporations knowingly violate safety rules and regulations, which kills or seriously injures their workers, and in this world those dead workers’ families, who now have no breadwinners, no fathers (or mothers), are told by this world’s government: “You have no right to ask that these corporations be held accountable for the deaths…
read moreJanuary 21, 2015 • West Virginia law,WV Work Accidents
Proposed House Bill Would Give Immunity to Employers who Knowingly Break Safety Rules that Cause Injury or Death to Employees
West Virginia House Bill 2011 risks the lives and safety of all West Virginians who work and their families who depend upon them At West Law Firm, we usually stay out of politics and focus on helping people who have been wrongfully injured. However, some West Virginia legislators are proposing a law that threatens the lives and safety of every…
read moreJune 8, 2014 • Coal Mining Accidents,WV Work Accidents
Coal Miner seriously injured in Raleigh County
Miner Hurt After Accident At Raleigh County Coal Mine A miner was seriously injured Saturday afternoon after an accident at Alpha Natural Resources coal mine in Raleigh County. “A miner was hit by a rock in the hip,” T.D. Lively, a spokesman for the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. The incident happened…
read moreMay 16, 2014 • Coal Mining Accidents,WV Work Accidents
After more than 250 major MSHA violations, Patriot Coal’s Brody Mine No. takes the life of two West Virginia coal miners
Boone County, West Virginia Continuous mining machine operators Eric D. Legg, 48, of Twilight, and roof bolter Gary P. Hensley, 46, of Chapmanville, were killed Monday night while retreat mining at Patriot’s Brody Mine No. 1 near Wharton in Boone County. Federal officials said the mine had so many safety violations that it was deemed…
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