Miners Tell Trump Silica Dust Rule ‘Desperately’ Needed to Curb Black Lung Disease June 7, 2019 By Jan Pytalski The head of the national coal miners’ union on Thursday urged the Trump administration to impose regulation on silica dust...
West Virginia Gov Makes 3 Appointments to Miners’ Health Safety Office November 16, 2018 West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has made three appointments to the state’s Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training. The...
Mining Jobs to Focus on Community Relations as Robots and Sensors Take Over November 30, 2017 By Tom Wilson Some mines in the next decade will run without humans and instead rely on robots, virtual models and sensors, according...
Where Trump’s Regulatory Rollback Is Having Impact October 4, 2017 By Julia Harte When disaster hits the chemical plants in Port Arthur, Texas, triggering fires like those that flared in the wake of...
Regulators Say Kentucky Mine Operator Negligence Caused Fatal Accident July 25, 2016 Federal regulators have concluded that a Harlan County coal mine operator’s negligence resulted in a miner’s death earlier this year....
Massachusetts Mine Operator to Pay $180K to Resolve Safety Violations May 12, 2016 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced Wednesday a global settlement with Worcester Sand and...
West Virginia Coal Boss Should Face Maximum Sentence, U.S. Says March 30, 2016 By Jef Feeley Former coal baron Donald Blankenship should face the maximum sentence of one year in prison for flouting mine-safety rules, prosecutors...
U.S. Mine Safety Rule to Curb Black Lung Goes Into Effect February 3, 2016 By Dylan Lovan Underground coal mines will ramp up testing for the dust that causes breathing problems and leads to black lung disease...
Coal Mine Deaths at Record Low of 11 in 2015 December 31, 2015 By Dylan Lovan Amid layoffs and idled operations, the U.S. coal industry is close to setting a record low for on-the-job deaths in...
Blankenship Sentencing Set For Next Year in West Virginia Mine Case December 14, 2015 Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship will be sentenced next year on a conviction of conspiring to violate safety rules...