Sens. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania unveiled legislation last week aimed at ensuring fairer treatment...
mine safety News
Mines without miners? Not quite. Still, a technology boom in robots, drones, driverless trucks and pilotless trains is beginning to...
An assistant U.S. secretary of labor is criticizing a Nevada gold mine for failing to protect its workers after federal...
The University of Arizona will conduct two research studies on ways to improve mine safety using $1.3 million in grants...
Federal regulators are urging U.S. coal companies to refocus on health and safety regulations after three fatalities in three days....
Action on key federal mine safety and health rules are is lagging, including a rule aimed at lowering exposure to...
A University of Utah study had rejected a company’s claims concerning the cause of a 2007 collapse at Utah’s Crandall...
Federal regulators and safety officials should consider requiring more backup air supplies and work to develop better breathing devices that...
The Office of Mine Safety and Licensing is asking that an eastern Kentucky miner who reported safety violations be put...
Nineteen mining deaths occurred during the first six months of the year, the second-lowest midyear toll ever recorded, federal regulators...