Since the mid-1990s, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has talked about surface haulage accidents and how to prevent them. Organizations including the National Institute for ...

In comments sent to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Director Dr. Carol Jones questioned the need for a new rule involving Hazard ...

A new online interactive training tool has been introduced by MSHA that is intended to help workers report accidents, illnesses, and injuries. This is a response to part 50 of the Code of Federal ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has scheduled 15 national informational meetings in July and August to help the mining industry comply with the new Hazard Communication (HazCom) rule.

TRIDELPHIA, W.Va. — U.S. Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety Chris Williamson says the recently approved changes to the silica dust rules in U.S. mines was one of his greatest goals when he took the ...

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During the final months of 2019, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) advised the mining community that it would pay attention to issues involving contractors working at mine sites, ...

A report posted yesterday by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, says MSHA needs to do a better job of monitoring the emergency training that underground coal mine ...

BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) - Federal mine safety regulators have launched a training course aimed at preventing fires at underground and non-metal mines. The training course is offered at the National Mine ...

HELENA - The federal mine-inspection crew in Montana is expanding as the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration adds inspector positions nationwide to step up safety evaluations, work the agency ...