U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver also placed 43-year-old David R. Runyon on probation for a year at a hearing Thursday.
Runyon pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge last April as part of a deal with federal prosecutors, who dropped four other charges. Runyon also agreed to give up his state-issued underground mine foreman’s certificate.
Runyon’s actions were uncovered during a separate investigation into a Jan. 19, 2006 fire that killed two men at Massey’s Aracoma Alma No. 1 mine in Melville in Logan County.
Richmond, Va.-based Massey, the fourth-largest U.S. coal producer by revenue, operates mines in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia.
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