Mine Safety and Health Administration

Monday marks 11 years since the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in Raleigh County, where 29 miners were killed on April 5, 2010.Federal mine safety…

A group of Ohio Valley senators says a watchdog agency’s recent report shows that federal regulators must do more to protect coal miners from silica dust,…

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is not doing enough to protect coal miners from deadly silica dust, according to a new report from the…

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is declining to issue an emergency temporary standard that could protect coal miners whose jobs make them…

Appalachian surface coal miners are consistently overexposed to toxic silica dust, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational…

The comment period has closed for the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s proposed rule on respirable silica, a major contributor to skyrocketing…

The Mine Safety and Health Administration will host a public meeting Thursday as it considers action on regulating respirable silica, one of the major…

In the wake of an NPR and PBS Frontline investigation into the surge in cases of black lung disease, a coalition of black lung clinics is calling for…

The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget has announced a review of an Obama-era rule that protects coal miners from exposure to the dust…

Federal mine safety officials are warning mine operators about several on-the-job deaths this year of miners who were working alone. The U.S. Mine Safety…