The mine person responsible for Health and Safety (there needs to be one) must verify all training times and topics and keep all records as required by MSHA. The safety instructors do not need to be ...

Industrial Consulting & Training LLC provides MSHA compliant certification and safety training programs for mining ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is urging operators to increase inspections and controls during freeze-thaw cycles, citing elevated risks from unstable ground and slick conditions.

Virginia’s U.S. senators have expressed concern to federal mine safety regulators over their response to a Nicholas County ...

As West Virginians watched for news of the trapped foreman of a mining crew in an Alpha Metallurgical Resources mine in Nicholas County, just days after learning of the death of another miner in an ...

Hundreds of people have died or were injured at abandoned mine sites. States and tribes want Congress to fund cleanups.

In 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine exploded. An investigation following the disaster found that mines in southern West Virginia, including those in Wyoming, Boone, Cabell, Raleigh, Lincoln, Logan, ...

The 1976 Scotia disasters in Letcher County transformed U.S. mine rules. Fifty years later, the rescuers were honored.

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency wants to cancel leases at mine safety offices across the nation. Safety advocates warn it could have disastrous effects. President Donald Trump’s ...