All the headlines from our Mining Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 13 2008 // Twenty mine rescue teams from four states are gathering in Morgantown, West Virginia to test their skills. A mine rescue competition scheduled for Aug. 13 and Aug. 14 will include simulated underground mine emergencies,...
Jul 17 2008 // Safety violations by prominent eastern U.S. coal mine operators Massey Energy Co. and International Coal Group contributed to the deaths of two miners in accidents last May, West Virginia officials said July 15.Each...
Jul 15 2008 // State investigators have completed investigations of two fatal coal mining accidents in West Virginia. The state Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety is scheduled to be briefed July 15 on the electrocution of a miner at...
Jul 15 2008 // Utah Labor Commissioner Sherrie Hayashi has named Garth J. Nielsen director of the state’s new Office of Coal Mine Safety. The OCMS was established at the recommendation of the Utah Mine Safety Commission, appointed...
Jul 9 2008 // Gov. Ed Rendell has signed into law the first comprehensive update to Pennsylvania’s mine safety law in nearly half a century.It addresses emergency shelters and accidental breaches of flooded mines, as occurred in...
Jul 7 2008 // The federal agency responsible for mine safety has hired more than 300 inspectors over the past two years to scour underground coal operations for unsafe working conditions. The Mine Safety and Health Administration is...
Jul 2 2008 // Legislation to improve safety in Pennsylvania’s approximately 200 bituminous coal mines was poised to become law after a marathon negotiation yielded a compromise bill endorsed Monday by both the coal companies and...
Jun 23 2008 // Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration officials said they told 16 U.S. mining companies they have patterns of violating health and safety rules and warned them to clean up their acts or face heightened...
Jun 18 2008 // The federal agency responsible for mine safety has hired more than 300 inspectors over the past two years to scour the nation’s underground coal operations for unsafe working conditions.The Mine Safety and Health...
Jun 18 2008 // A coal miner was killed Monday in an accident at an eastern Pennsylvania anthracite mine.The 40-year-old man, who was not immediately identified, became trapped by falling coal or rocks about three-fourths of a mile into...
Jun 16 2008 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a warning to a mine in eastern Kentucky for safety violations.The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the agency issued the warning on June 12 to Stillhouse Mine...
Jun 16 2008 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is taking a stab at requiring airtight emergency refuges in the nation’s 624 underground coal mines.Mine operators can either store building materials underground,...
Jun 11 2008 // Government experts are examining a locomotive involved in a fatal accident at a West Virginia coal mine June 5.Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training spokeswoman Jama Jarrett says the state is testing the...
Jun 6 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear reappointed Edgar F. Oldham Jr. and James M. Vicini to serve as a members of the Kentucky Mining Board.Oldham is an international representative for the United Mine Workers of America. He...
Jun 4 2008 // The University of Idaho, seeing a resurgence of mining activity in northern Idaho due to soaring metal prices, is seeking federal funding to bring back mining education programs, a school official said.“The metals...
Jun 2 2008 // An 18-year-old International Coal Group employee died in West Virginia’s third fatal coal mining accident of the year.State Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training spokeswoman Jama Jarrett identified the...
May 16 2008 // A West Virginia official says the passage of time makes it impossible to determine what caused a fatal 2005 coal truck crash. Administrator Terry Farley said May 14 the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training...
May 14 2008 // Federal investigators issued two citations for safety violations they say contributed to the death of a West Virginia coal miner last year. A federal Mine Safety and Health Administration report released May 12 says Long...
May 9 2008 // Federal investigators cited coal operator Massey Energy Co. for safety violations that contributed to the death of a West Virginia miner last year, according to a federal report released May 7.The U.S. Mine Safety and...
May 1 2008 // The state Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety has put off plans to revisit West Virginia’s regulations for sealing abandoned sections of coal mines. State law requires the board to review West Virginia’s...