As part of its enhanced enforcement initiative, MSHA sent letters to 16 mine operators announcing they have a potential pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards under section ...

An NPR News Investigation shows that the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia is not the only Massey Energy mine with a litany of safety violations, citations and fines. Twenty-nine miners died last ...

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FRANKFORT — State Rep. Keith Hall, chairman of the House committee on energy, holds the permits for Pike County coal mines with a repetitive pattern of safety and environmental violations, according ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that eight mines around the country have received letters ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has announced that none of the nation's 13,000 mining operations meet the criteria for a Pattern of Violations notice. This is the first time since the ...