Apr 9, 2013 | Harlan Daily Enterprise
US Court of Appeals upholds decision
After a long battle to save his chosen career as a coal miner, Charles Scott Howard continues working at Cumberland River Coal Company Band Mill No.
Coal company discriminated against miner who reported safety violations, court rules
Cumberland River Coal Co. discriminated against a Letcher County coal miner with a history of reporting mine safety problems by trying to fire him in 2011, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
Mine safety agency cites coal company in death of Letcher miner
A personnel carrier involved in a fatal coal-mining accident in Letcher County had been altered so it no longer had an original safety feature, according to the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.