A Charleston native is the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s new leader as it launches a new fight against unions ...

The coal industry once provided more than half of U.S. electricity production. But it has been in steep decline for decades ...

The democratic process of scientific study, public debate and comment helps regulators arrive at a rule that balances the ...

As part of the plan, NIOSH is being folded into a new agency called the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA), alongside ...

A final investigative report into the death of a worker who died in a fall at the West Elk Mine last August has pointed to ...

Mine worker unions aren’t facing any imminent harm from a regulation on silica dust, the federal government said in its bid ...

In 2019, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Labor, opened an opportunity for the public, including mining companies, independent experts, regular ...