A final investigative report into the death of a worker who died in a fall at the West Elk Mine last August has pointed to ...

Federal laws and other regulations require that rules written by federal agencies use scientific evidence about how to minimize risk. And under an executive order signed by President Bill Clinton in ...

In 2019, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Labor, opened an opportunity for the public, including mining companies, independent experts, regular ...

Jeremy M. Gernand receives funding from the Health Effects Institute and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. President Donald Trump’s administration has announced its ...

Federal officials in white hard hats speak with miners in an Indiana coal mine in 2015. AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley ...

OAK HILL, West Virginia (Reuters) -Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, ...