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Former coal mine CEO violated safety standards

Name: Former coal mine CEO violated safety standards
Uploaded: 2015-12-05T07:30:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 5 s
Description: In a highly unusual case, a jury in West Virginia has convicted the former CEO of a coal mining company of conspiring to violate safety standards. The charges followed a deadly coal mine explosion in 2010, the worst such mining disaster in 40 years. Anna Werner reports.

In a highly unusual case, a jury in West Virginia has convicted the former CEO of a coal mining company of conspiring to violate safety standards. The charges followed a deadly coal mine explosion in 2010, the worst such mining disaster in 40 years. Anna Werner reports.