Labor Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced a final rule to strengthen safety in the nation’s most dangerous mines....
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Aggressive inspections at troubled mines are helping create safer working environments for coal miners, the head of the federal government’s...
Three times in a month, regulators have caught West Virginia coal companies illegally warning miners that federal inspectors were onsite....

If there’s one lasting cultural change Mine Safety and Health Administration Director Joe Main wants to make in both the...
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration’s continuing crackdown on the coal industry hasn’t deterred the industry’s growth, director Joe...