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.

The Mine Safety & Health Administration (“MSHA”) has finally published its final rule on Safety Programs for Surface Mobile Equipment. This final rule has been a long time coming. MSHA originally ...

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Dave D. Lauriski wants miners in the United States to "stand down for safety." A recent rise in mining accidents prompted Lauriski to ask mine ...

In a report examining the roof control plan for Crandall Canyon Mine, where six miners and three rescuers perished in August 2007, the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) concluded ...