The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is in the process of conducting a three-month test to see if it can reach final resolutions of citations with mine operators at the informal health and ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal mining regulators issued 150 citations during December impact inspections. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration said Thursday it also issued nine orders following ...

The manufacturer of a drill that tipped over at an Iron Range taconite mine, killing the operator, is challenging a citation issued by the Mine Safety Health Administration. Deane Driscoll, 50, of ...

The Mine Safety Health Administration has issued its first citations in connection with the death of Lucky Friday miner Larry Marek, who was killed April 15 when a tunnel he was working in collapsed.

TROY -- Federal investigators have filed 34 citations and four violation orders against Troy Mine in the month since a man was killed during a cave-in there. Many of those citations involved improper ...

GILLETTE - Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors recently issued between 50 and 60 citations to Arch Coal Inc.'s Black Thunder mine for various violations of safety regulations, according ...

Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship on Thursday denied placing profits above safety as he faced his first Capitol Hill hearing since last month’s explosion at the coal giant’s Upper Big Branch mine in ...