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 company has been cited, though fines …
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 enforcement. All but two of the …
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, build airtight rooms, or place prefabricated refuges in the …
The suits claim that mountaintop removal mining and logging left forests unable to soak up excessive rain and caused streams and rivers to overflow. Lawsuits seeking damages from timber, mining and land companies for devastating 2001 floods should be revived, …
Lawsuits seeking damages from timber, mining and land companies for devastating 2001 floods should be revived, lawyers representing hundreds of southern West Virginia residents told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. But attorneys for more than 100 defendants in the …
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration plans to give a safety award to a Massey Energy Co. underground mine in West Virginia where two men were killed in a January 2006 fire. Massey announced the award for its Aracoma …
Underground coal mines lack stockpiles of breathable air and communications gear for trapped workers, according to a federal report released this week, nearly two years after a series of mine fatalities led to Congress requiring the industry to install more …
Massey Energy Co. is facing fines for safety violations that state inspectors say contributed to a fatal accident at a West Virginia coal mine. Miner David Neal suffered critical injuries after falling about 39 feet from a conveyer belt at …
Federal researchers have concluded that airtight refuge chambers could save trapped miners and merit installation in the nation’s 731 underground coal mines. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health researchers also have determined the current approach – building barricades from …
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has warned 20 companies across the country that they may face sanctions as repeat violators of health and safety rules. The list includes coal operations in West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, along …
