MSHA recently issued a safety alert regarding safe blasting procedures following serious injuries suffered by miners as a result of a premature blast. Despite being positioned a safe distance from the ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released three proposed rules on July 1 aimed at revising the criteria for approving safety plans in underground coal mines.

Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it’s safe for anyone to work in the industry right now.The Department of Government Efficiency, created by President Donald Trump and run ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Federal mine safety officials say the owner of a central Montana sapphire mine was killed in March when rock loosened by underground blasting fell on him while he was stockpiling ...

JOHNSON CITY, TN (WJHL) – Economists from some of the nation’s top universities want the state of Tennessee to reject a merger application from Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health ...

On April 16, 2024, the Mine Safety & Health Administration (“MSHA”) released its final rule for Respirable Crystalline Silica (“RCS”) for preliminary viewing, and it was published in the Federal ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Appalachia and coal miner advocacy groups celebrated that dozens of Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) offices that were scheduled to close will now remain open, ...

The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission has ordered R&D Mine Coal Co. Inc. to pay $905,825 in penalties for violations related to a fatal 2006 explosive detonation. The mine operator, ...

The Kensington mine accident that killed Juneau resident Joe Tagaban last week is the eighth U.S. mining fatality in 2011, according to the Mining Safety and Health Administration. It was also the ...

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