CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The enforcement of the silica rule, designed to help prevent black lung disease in coal miners, has once again been delayed, but this time because the enforcing agency is ...

DRENNEN, W.Va. — A preliminary report from the federal Mine Safety Health and Administration says Nicholas County coal miner Steve Lipscomb died a few minutes after the Rolling Thunder Mine was ...

A former surface mine in Pike County, in Eastern Kentucky, had not been fully reclaimed in December 2023 even though there had been no mining at the site in several years. Appalachian Voices In our ...

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.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration office in Waynesburg has been taken off the chopping block. Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the reversal of lease terminations listed on the ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The decision to keep Mine Safety and Health Administration offices open is being met with wide approval, but concern remains about what else will be restored or what’s next to be ...

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 ...

GENEVA, N.Y. – The Trump administration’s efforts to cut expenses have led to the cancellation of hundreds of federal leases, including one in Ontario County. This lease termination affects a federal ...

For the seventh year in a row, the UAB M.S. in Health Administration (MSHA) program is the #1 “Best Health Care Management Program” in the nation according to the latest U.S. News & World Report ...

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. Mine Safety and Health Administration is among the federal agencies selected for spending cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency. Nearly three dozen MSHA offices would have their ...

Larry Pack has given a look at some of the items he feels are important to tackle in the upcoming legislative session, with two of them being education focused. Kentucky State Police searching for ...