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, ...

Conn Maciel Carey LLP’s Southeast Workplace Safety (OSHA & MSHA) and Labor & Employment Law Summit is an in-person program ...

For the first time since 2021, no U.S. mines met the criteria for a Pattern of Violations (POV) designation during the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) second 2024 screening, according ...

A display case at NIOSH shows a normal lung and a diseased black lung, caused by inhaling coal dust and other harmful particles while coal mining. Howard Berkes NPR Mine safety is under attack. In the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released three proposed rules on July 1 aimed at revising the criteria for approving safety plans in underground coal mines.

West Virginians are as familiar as those in any state with the dangers of mining. For us, though we might roll our eyes and joke about the potential for an inspector showing up, the reality is if ...