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...became dependent on, almost addicted to, a way of life." It's also a story about cheating and corruption, practices that Gup experienced firsthand. One day a mine tour he had been promised was abruptly canceled. Reason given: a federal agent was inspecting the facilities, although there was no inspector there. Several witnesses told Gup the real reason was that safety equipment hastily erected for an earlier inspection had been removed. Later, another mine was hit with an unscheduled inspection the day after Gup visited -- which sent a warning, intended or not, to other mine operators to keep TIME...
Federal mine inspector Jack (Black Jack) Massey says his payoffs began when he found a crisp $100 bill under his jacket in the backseat of his car after inspecting one of Nelson's mines. During the next several years, Massey says, Nelson gave him more than $8,000 in cash as well as knives, hams, turkeys and | season tickets to University of West Virginia football games. Massey's job was to inspect for electrical hazards, but instead of citing the mine for violations, he repaired problems and was paid by the mining company for the work. In February 1990 federal...
...Federal inspector Tommy Hinchman had a different job: to review mine ventilation plans. Hinchman says Nelson paid him for help in drafting those plans, the same ones that Hinchman would later approve as an inspector. Says Nelson: "All Tommy Hinchman's done -- if he's guilty of anything -- was move me to the front of the line to get me through something. Common courtesy." In July Hinchman pleaded guilty to accepting a gratuity from Nelson...
...February 1990, a 39-year-old miner named Millard David Frye was killed in a Logan County mine. Corruption did not cause his death, but just days earlier inspector Massey had been recorded telling the mine's consultant, Phil Nelson, that Massey might be able to influence the inspection of the mine. As for other mines, Massey suggested he "could cut down on where the inspectors...
Michael Micoloro, the city's chief wiring inspector, yesterday questioned the College's lack of compliance with Massachusetts State Building Code. "As soon as they receive the certificates, they're supposed to post them. I don't understand why they're not up," he said...