WASHINGTON — Virginia Senators Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are pressing the U.S. Mine Safety and Health ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is urging operators to increase inspections and controls during freeze-thaw cycles, citing elevated risks from unstable ground and slick conditions.

In 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine exploded. An investigation following the disaster found that mines in southern West Virginia, including those in Wyoming, Boone, Cabell, Raleigh, Lincoln, Logan, ...

Sens. Warner and Kaine are demanding answers from the Mine Safety and Health Administration regarding its response to the tragic Rolling Thunder Mine accident in November 2025.

A miner died on March 5, 2025, after becoming entangled in a belt conveyor at a North Carolina mine, federal officials reported. According to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the ...

The mine person responsible for Health and Safety (there needs to be one) must verify all training times and topics and keep all records as required by MSHA. The safety instructors do not need to be ...

As West Virginians watched for news of the trapped foreman of a mining crew in an Alpha Metallurgical Resources mine in Nicholas County, just days after learning of the death of another miner in an ...

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency wants to cancel leases at mine safety offices across the nation. Safety advocates warn it could have disastrous effects. President Donald Trump’s ...

“As the institution mandated to redress the negative impact of mining in mining communities and support the development and well-being of mining communities, the MDF remains resolute in its commitment ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — The proposal to close 34 Mine Safety and Health Administration field offices across the country, including the one in St. Clairsville, has been overturned. This decision has ...

The nomination last month by Trump of Wayne Palmer to head the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) presages a major ramping-up of attacks on miners. Palmer, a former mining industry executive ...

So far, more than 121,000 workers have been fired from federal agencies since the start of President Trump's second term. It's an effort to cut spending through the Department of Government Efficiency ...