A Charleston native is the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s new leader as it launches a new fight against unions ...

Mine worker unions aren’t facing any imminent harm from a regulation on silica dust, the federal government said in its bid ...

Hopes that Donald Trump's executive orders will revive the coal industry have been tempered by the administration's cuts to ...

Va., says he is worried that President Donald Trump may try to weaken recently enacted silica standards that are designed to protect American coal miners. Kaine, who met last week with the Daily ...

A federal appeals court just gave mine operators a reprieve from its strict new silica rule after temporarily blocking it from going into effect. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA ...

The democratic process of scientific study, public debate and comment helps regulators arrive at a rule that balances the ...

Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that ...

The United Mine Workers of America and the United Steelworkers on Monday filed a motion to intervene in a federal court case brought by industry groups who claim the rule is too onerous, in which the ...

A decades-old program operated by NIOSH to detect lung disease in coal miners is one of the federal programs that have been ...

Reg. 28,218 (April 18, 2024) (“Silica Rule”). MSHA will temporarily pause enforcement of the requirements in 30 C.F.R. part 60 for coal mine operators until August 18, 2025, four months from ...

OpEd: Kentucky residents who care about the welfare of working miners should ask Congressman Hal Rogers what he plans to do to keep regional MSHA offices open, and to keep miners safe.