Latest Mining Headlines
All the headlines from our Mining Topic Page, ordered by recency.
3 Kentucky Miners Accused of Violating Mine Safety Act
Sep 26 2008 // Three eastern Kentucky miners are indicted on two counts each of violating the federal Mine Safety Act. Ira Sergent, Johnny Osborne and Reggie Raleigh worked at the Stillhouse Mining No. 1 Mine in Harlan County, Ky. The...
West Virginia Mines Make Progress on Refuge Chambers
Sep 15 2008 // Manufacturers delivered nearly 200 airtight refuge chambers to West Virginia coal mines. State regulators became the first in the nation to mandate the chambers after 12 trapped men died after a January 2006 explosion at...
Feds: Civil Suits Unaffected by Mine Investigation
Sep 10 2008 // Federal officials say a criminal investigation of the Crandall Canyon, Utah, mine disaster doesn’t preclude civil suits against those associated with the mine. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration asked...
Feds Hire More than 300 New Coal Mine Safety Inspectors
Aug 21 2008 // The federal agency responsible for mine safety has hired more than 300 inspectors in the past two years to scour underground coal operations for unsafe working conditions. The Mine Safety and Health Administration is...
West Virginia Mine Closed Pending Safety Investigation
Aug 18 2008 // A West Virginia coal mine where two scoop accidents occurred within three months, including one fatal, has been closed during an investigation into the most recent incident. The West Virginia Office of Miners’...
3 West Virginia Miners Injured in Barbour County Accident
Aug 13 2008 // Three miners in West Virginia sustained injuries in a scoop accident at a Barbour County mine where an 18-year-old contractor’s apprentice was run over and killed by a scoop in May. Office of Miners’ Health,...
20 Teams Meet in West Virginia to Compete in Mine Rescue Contest
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,...
Massey, ICG Cited for West Virginia Fatal Mine Accidents
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...
West Virginia Completes Investigations of 2 Mining deaths
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...
Utah Labor Commissioner Appoints Director of Office of Coal Mine Safety
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...
Rendell Signs Updated Pennsylvania Mine-Safety Bill
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...
Feds Hire More than 300 New Coal Mine Safety Inspectors
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...
Mine Owners, Unions Compromise on Long-Sought Pennsylvania Safety Bill
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...
Feds Warn 16 Mining Companies over Safety Issues
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...
Feds Hire More than 300 New Coal Mine Inspectors
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...
Coal Miner Killed in Pennsylvania Accident
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...
Mine safety Officials Issue Warning to East Kentucky Mine for Violations
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...
Feds to Require Airtight Refuge Chambers in All Coal Mines
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,...
Investigators Test Locomotive Involved in West Virginia Mine Fatality
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...
Kentucky Governor Appoints Members to State Mining Board
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...
