Federal and state officials are investigating a fatal mining accident in southwestern Pennsylvania that killed a 34-year-old ...

Investigators from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration have completed an investigation into a fatal mining accident in Raleigh County from February. The accident on February 28th claimed ...

DAVIS, W.Va. — The Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration concluded three safety failures by operators of the Metikki Coal Mountain View Mine were to blame for a fatal accident last fall.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released three proposed rules on July 1 aimed at revising the criteria for approving safety plans in underground coal mines.

While little is being said so far, investigations continue on multiple levels into a Tuesday afternoon incident that claimed the life of a White Township man. James F. Gershman, 61, died after he was ...