MSHA announced today that it had ordered closed portions of three Massey Energy Co. coal mines in West Virginia following surprise inspections. MSHA was following up on anonymous complaints of unsafe conditions.
The inspections occurred at Spartan Mining Co.'s Road Fork No. 51 Mine in Wyoming County, Inman Energy's Randolph Mine in Boone County and Independence Coal Co.'s Cook Mine in Boone County.
Inspectors took control of phones lines in all two of three mines upon arrival, in order to assure that the company could not communicate with those inside the mine to tamper with current conditions.
