According to the most recent Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) quarterly call, there were 15 coal-related fatalities and 13 metal/non-metal mining deaths in 2017. One factor stood out among coal deaths, said Marcus Smith, of MSHA’s coal mine accident …
Two West Virginia agencies should force coal operators to install detectors that automatically shut down mobile machinery in mines when people get too close, according to a lawsuit. Mountain State Justice lawyers filed an emergency petition Friday with the state …
Members of a West Virginia board have decided to gather more industry and labor proposals on so-called proximity detectors before they require mine operators to install the equipment. The Thursday meeting of the Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety …
Four percent of underground equipment in West Virginia coal mines are fitted with detectors that automatically shut down mobile machinery when people get too close, according to a state survey. The Charleston Gazette reported the state Office of Miners’ Health, …
Over the objections of a coal miner’s widow and representatives from the United Mine Workers of America, West Virginia’s mine safety board has rejected a regulation that could help prevent crushing injuries and deaths underground. The West Virginia Coal Association …
A state task force says West Virginia should require underground coal mines to have systems that warn miners when they get too close to machinery. The Charleston Gazette reports that the West Virginia Mine Safety Technology Task Force voted last …
Federal regulators are publishing a proposed rule this week that would require U.S. underground mines to install equipment which automatically shuts down mobile machinery when people get too close. The Mine Safety and Health Administration plans to publish the rule …