Upper Big Branch mine superintendent charged with felony conspiracy
Federal prosecutors today charged a Massey superintendent with conspiring to impede the Mine Safety and Health Administration enforcement efforts at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine, which was the site of an April 2010 blast that killed 29 miners.
Carl May of Bloomingrose, West Virginia is the third and most senior mine supervisor to be charged in the disaster. May was the mine's Superintendent at the time of the explosion.