Former Massey Energy CEO Sentenced to a Year in Prison
The sentencing of Don Blankenship comes six years after the deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine that killed 29 workers.
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was sentenced to a year in federal prison and fined $250,000 for conspiracy to willfully violate mine health and safety standards at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine, located in Raleigh County, W. Va.
