The number of mining fatalities in 2017 already is outpacing last year’s count as of the end of July, according to MSHA. Three separate accidents at different worksites bring the total number to 10 ...

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.

Virginia’s U.S. senators have expressed concern to federal mine safety regulators over their response to a Nicholas County ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Appalachia and coal miner advocacy groups celebrated that dozens of Mine Safety and Health ...

TWILIGHT, W.Va. — The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has published its final report on the investigation of a fatal accident on a southern West Virginia surface mine. Stephen Fields, 55 ...

In a significant turn of events for the coal mining sector, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced a temporary enforcement pause on its stringent respirable crystalline silica ...

Following in the wake of multiple federal agencies having issued a long list of expansive deregulation measures aimed at fulfilling President Trump’s aggressive policy agenda, the Mine Safety and ...

Officials have addressed recent bomb threats targeting public schools in Cabell County.Unfounded threats against Huntington Middle and Southside Elementary prom Huntington's next city budget totals ...

MSHA proposes modernizing outdated rules while aligning with a broader deregulatory agenda under the deregulation EO. The agency seeks to limit district managers’ authority, citing legal concerns.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, killed 15 miners. Two ...

Appalachia and coal miner advocacy groups celebrated that dozens of MSHA offices that were scheduled to close will now remain open.