MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- While Republican lawmakers questioned the head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration over inspection failures at West Virginia's Upper Big Branch mine, U.S.

A new rule revises the Mine Safety and Health Administration's pattern of violations (POV) regulation to ensure that mine operators monitor and address the most hazardous safety problems in their ...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has completed its second pattern of violations (POV) screening for 2023. This process aims to pinpoint mines with chronic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Appalachia and coal miner advocacy groups celebrated that dozens of Mine Safety and Health ...

On April 16, 2024, the Mine Safety & Health Administration (“MSHA”) released its final rule for Respirable Crystalline Silica (“RCS”) for preliminary viewing, and it was published in the Federal ...

Federal regulators have determined a safety failure from a Marshall County mine operator with a lengthy history of health and ...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has introduced an online tool to assist miners and their families in locating healthcare services. According to a release ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it's safe for anyone to work in the industry right now. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by ...

On April 18, 2024, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published the long-anticipated final rule on respirable crystalline silica for coal mines and metal and nonmetal mines. As expected, ...

In the documentary "Upper Big Branch – Never Again," former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship pins the blame on MSHA for the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners in West Virginia. A sudden ...

For four hours Tuesday night, investigators from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) laid out their working theory about what happened April 5, just before a West Virginia coal ...