This Week in West Virginia History Audio Files
| Massey Energy Company Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion Montcoal, Raleigh County, WV April 5, 2010 No. Killed - 29 |
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Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion 10-Year Anniversary Podcast |
| Anker West Virginia Mining Co., Inc. Wolf Run Mining Company Sago Mine Explosion Tallmansville, Upshur County, West Virginia January 2, 2006 No. Killed - 12 |
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| Mountaineer Coal Company Division of Consolidation Coal Co. Consol No. 9 Mine Explosion Farmington, Marion County, WV November 20, 1968 No. Killed - 78 |
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About the Farmington Disaster About Tony Boyle, UMWA President |
| Buffalo Mining Company Retaining Dam Collapse No. 5 Preparation Plant Division of the Pittston Company Saunders, Logan County, WV February 26, 1972 No. Killed - 125 |
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Buffalo Creek Retaining Dam Collapse |
| Consolidation Coal Company Blacksville No. 1 Mine Fire Blacksville, Monongalia County, WV July 22, 1972 No. Killed - 9 |
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Blacksville No. 1 Mine Fire |
| Christopher Coal Company Christopher No. 3 Mine Explosion Osage, Monongalia County, WV May 12, 1942 No. Killed - 56 |
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Christopher No. 3 Mine Explosion |
| The Hawk's Nest Tunnel Incident Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, WV 1930 and 1931 |
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Hawk's Nest Tunnel Incident |
| Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Co. Bartley No. 1 Mine Explosion Bartley, McDowell County, WV January 10, 1940 No. Killed - 91 |
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Bartley No. 1 Mine Explosion |
| Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mine Explosion Monongah, Marion County, West Virginia December 6, 1907 No. Killed - 362 |
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Monongah Mine Explosion |
| Rush Run - Red Ash Mine Explosions Red Ash, Fayette County, West Virginia March 18 & 19, 1905 No. Killed - 24 |
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Rush Run - Red Ash Mine Explosions |
| Wheeling Steel Corporation Benwood Mine Explosion Benwood, Marshall County, WV April 28, 1924 No. Killed - 119 |
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Benwood Mine Explosion |
| Gauley Coal and Coke Company Saxsewell No. 8 Mine Inundation Hominy Falls, Nicholas County, WV May 6, 1968 No. Killed - 4 |
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Saxsewell No. 8 Mine Inundation |
The National Mine Health and Safety Academy opened on August 17, 1976 in Beaver, WV.
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National Mine Health and Safety Academy |
On December 30, 1969, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. 
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Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act |
