West Virginia House Backs Cap on Workers’ Damages in Deliberate Intent Cases March 6, 2023 By Leah Willingham Republicans in the West Virginia House passed a bill last week that would cap some of the damages workers and...
Former Kentucky Mine Safety Director Pleads Guilty to Dust Monitor Tampering January 25, 2021 A safety director at a Kentucky coal mine has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of rigging dust monitoring in...
Officials Say 7 Coal Miner Deaths This Year Raise Questions About Training June 22, 2017 Seven U.S. coal miners died in accidents so far this year, most of them with less than a year of...
Investigators Conclude Crushed Kentucky Miner Not Wearing Safety Device December 30, 2016 Federal investigators have concluded that a worker crushed to death by a machine at a Kentucky coal mine earlier this...
Exiting U.S. Mine Safety Chief Hopeful Safety Progress Will Continue December 27, 2016 By Dylan Lovan The nation’s coal mines are headed for another record low year in workplace deaths, and the outgoing federal mine safety...
Coal Miner Killed in Kentucky, 3rd Industry Fatality in 2016 January 22, 2016 By Dylan Lovan A coal miner in western Kentucky died after being pinned against a wall by a mobile digging machine in an...