The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will be hosting a new event this year that focuses on health and safety. The agency’s “Stand Down to Save Lives” will take place on May 17, ...

Mine safety is under attack. In the past several weeks, Elon Musk announced the termination of leases for 29 Mine Safety and Health Administration field offices and Health and Human Services ...

Robert Cash, a 55-year-old mine roof bolt operator from Foster, West Virginia, said miners feel “in the dark” about how closing offices will impact safety. “It’s just a big scare around ...

DOGE terminated leases for more mine safety offices in Kentucky than any other state, a move advocates say comes at the expense of miners' health.

The U.S. mine safety agency said an accident that killed a contract worker at a Kentucky coal mine resulted from several safety ... People regarded Hillard as “big-hearted, supportive, funny, ...