On October 16, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) conducted a quarterly stakeholder conference call. Among the topics highlighted by MSHA were vehicle fire safety, in light of ...

For the first time since 2021, no U.S. mines met the criteria for a Pattern of Violations (POV) designation during the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) second 2024 screening, according ...

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 ...

The mines where one mine worker was left dead Nov. 6, 2025 and another has been the target of an underground rescue mission ...

On Jan. 8, MSHA released preliminary data showing that mine fatalities in 2008 declined 31 percent from 2007 to drop to an all-time low. Metal/nonmetal mines recorded the lowest level of fatalities in ...

ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) — Two Wise County men received prison sentences for falsifying Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) training forms, according to a release from the U.S. Department of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United Mine Workers Union has its eyes on an October status hearing in connection with the latest delay of the implementation of the Silica Rule. The rule, the final form was ...

A new mine emergency operations database that lists mine rescue teams nationwide and mine emergency services and related contacts at the federal, state and local levels is available on the MSHA Web ...

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Wylie Wong is a freelance journalist who specializes in business, technology and sports. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. When the Department of Labor’s Mine ...

When the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration issued new tablets to its mine inspectors, the mobile devices not only made them more productive, but also lightened their load.