It is one of the most significant occupational diseases, and black lung has made a resurgence in recent years, even with the ...

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 ...

A Logan County man who was a Raleigh County mine worker died due to an accident on the job Tuesday, according to West Virginia’s mine inspection office and the worker’s parent company. Eric Bartram, ...

A federal rule to limit coal miners’ exposure to dangerous silica dust — which was set to go into effect next week after already being delayed for months — is expected to be further postponed ...

Roosevelt Neal and Gary Hairston (right), members of the Fayette County Black Lung Association, sit in an office building of the U.S. Senate last May. They were visiting Washington, D.C. to speak with ...

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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.

In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room. He joked about arm-wrestling them and announced he was signing executive ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The United Mine Workers of America is celebrating a decision by the General Services Administration to reverse the closure of more than 30 U.S. Mine Safety and Health ...

In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room. He joked about arm-wrestling them and announced he was signing executive ...