A southern West Virginia mine foreman faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to falsifying safety reports...
West Virginia mine safety News
State inspectors have issued 45 violations at a West Virginia coal mine since two men died there earlier this month,...
West Virginia regulators have revised a proposed rule that would increase fines for mine safety and health violations. The original...
State standards aimed at reducing buildups of explosive coal dust in underground mines but regulators haven’t been enforced in West...
A rule that could toughen the limits on methane gas levels in West Virginia coal mines remains stalled as state...
A longtime mine inspector and safety official will now head such efforts in West Virginia, after Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin...
West Virginia mine regulators have failed to meet internal goals for timely inspections and permits, a legislative audit concluded, but...
A federal appeals court said this week that the state Supreme Court should decide whether Mine Safety and Health Administration...
The Mine Safety and Health Administration says it issued 254 citations, 19 orders and one safeguard during special inspections at...
Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources says it has taken steps to avoid coal-dust violations of the kind that investigators say...