The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has finalized a rule that modernizes safety standards for electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories used in hazardous mining environments ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — 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 ...

Two days after the worst U.S. mining disaster in a generation, dangerous gases underground prevented rescuers Wednesday from venturing into the Upper Big Branch coal mine to search for any survivors ...

A death toll of 13 from Sunday''s explosion at Jim Walter Resource Inc.''s Blue Creek No. 5 mine was confirmed on Tuesday, making it the deadliest mining accident in the United States since 1984. Jim ...

Richard Stickler, President George W. Bush's nominee to head the nation's top mine safety agency, is coming under fire from critics for his record as the head of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Deep Mine ...