Local residents expressed frustration that no representatives from Massey Energy had been present at news briefings.

Mining regulators allowed operators like Massey Energy to flout safety rules.

There are 23 coal mining sites run by Massey Energy.

On December 22, 2008 Massey Energy agreed to pay $4.2 million in civil and criminal penalties for the accident.

Massey Energy was fined $2.5 million after a federal judge accepted the company's guilty plea to 10 criminal charges for the fire.

But late last year, he decided to buy Massey Energy, a coal mining company based in Richmond, at $9 a share.

The state has issued seven citations directly related to the accident to Massey Energy.

Massey Energy is the sixth largest coal company in the country, owning 56 mines.

Inc., a subsidiary of Massey Energy, ordering the defendants to keep off all company property.

He has also served as a director of Massey Energy, a major coal company.