On January 8, 2026, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a communication encouraging electronic filing of the Quarterly ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a fatality alert Monday in connection with the ...

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 President Donald Trump and run ...

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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 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal inspectors issued 225 violations against Alpha Natural Resources Inc. operations during a two-day inspection blitz at 40 mines last month, the Mine Safety and Health ...

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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has started a proceeding to formally gather additional information on silica-based black lung disease in a move that union leaders say simply allows ...

The agency's new guidance "reflects MSHA's understanding that many mine operators are meeting OSHA's HazCom Standard," according to the MSHA news release. The Mine Safety and Health Administration ...