The Mine Safety and Health Administation (MSHA) recently conducted an investigation into a fatal accident at the Blue Knob Surface Mine in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. On Thurs., March 7, a ...

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A 38-year-old highwall mining machine operator is the second fatality in the coal mining industry of 2018. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released a brief report detailing the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The March 7 death of a mine operator at a Greenbrier County mine was the result of the victim being in an unsafe location and the poor training he received. The U.S. Mine Safety ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently announced it has proposed $504,900 in civil penalties against UAE Coalcorp Associates, which operates the Harmony Mine in Northumberland ...

GREEN RIVER - A Sweetwater County trona miner who was crushed to death in a February accident did not follow established mining procedures, a federal report issued Friday said. The Mine and Safety ...

Following is a statement from Massey Energy spokesman Jeff Gillenwater in response to an NPR investigation finding that an electrician was ordered to disable a methane detector at the West Virginia's ...

MOUNT CARMEL – The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is proposing $504,900 in fines against an eastern Pennsylvania coal mine operator for a miner’s death. Robert Carey, 45, of Shamokin, ...

Two coal miners lost their lives inside a mine in Boone County, West Virginia, a U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman told CNN on Tuesday. A coal or rock outburst occurred Monday ...