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The mine is operated by Aracoma Coal, a subsidiary of the Massey Energy Company, based in Richmond, Va. Local residents expressed frustration that no representatives from Massey Energy had been present at news briefings. J. Davitt McAteer, a former assistant secretary for the Mine Safety and Health Administration who is Mr. Manchin's adviser on mine safety and the Sago Mine accident investigation, said that in 2001 he wrote a report which raised a lot of questions about Massey's use of contract workers and also whether the safety records it was keeping were accurate. The report which Mr. McAteer wrote was on behalf of the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training assessing Massey Energy's safety record.