The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced last month that – for the first time since...
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Underground coal mines will ramp up testing for the dust that causes breathing problems and leads to black lung disease...
Inadequate safety policies and procedures were primarily to blame for a mining accident that killed a 26-year-old Idaho man operating...
Alarmed that black lung disease routinely goes unreported decades after it was discovered among miners, federal mine safety officials are...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration awarded $1 million through its Brookwood-Sago grants program to seven...
Federal mine safety officials say mining deaths are down in the U.S., with 18 miners losing their lives in accidents...
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main told members at the annual convention of the...
The nation’s coal mines set a record for the lowest number of on-the-job fatalities last year, with 16. The U.S....
Federal mine safety regulators have launched a training course aimed at preventing fires at underground and non-metal mines. The training...
Federal mining officials are citing West Virginia’s Patriot Coal for serious violations during a severe coal burst that killed two...