Upper Big Branch mine disaster ‘a story of hubris’ –WVA Governor’s panel

The West Virginia Governor’s Independent Investigation Panel announced Thursday its findings that the explosion that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch coal mine on April 5, 2010, was preventable.

J. Davitt McAteer, the former head of MSHA, who headed the state investigation, told the news media “a great deal went wrong. A great many problems occurred that led to this disaster.”