MSHA announced it will hold a series of stakeholder meetings across the country to share information about the final silica rule issued on April 18, 2024. The first two meetings are scheduled for ...

The campaign encourages miners and mine management to work together on safety and health issues. "MSHA will increase its focus on safety decisions during this campaign, which is not a limited-time ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has requested public comments on the Program Policy Letter (PPL) it issued regarding escape ways and refuges used in underground metal and nonmetal ...

In what could be one of the more significant redirections of a government agency, the Biden administration’s transition team will almost certainly appoint a union-supported candidate to replace the ...

Both underground coal miners and surface miners are eligible for free, anonymous black lung monitoring under a new Mine Safety and Health Administration rule. The rule was implemented to lower miners’ ...

A new Mine Safety and Health Administration office has begun operations from the National Mine Academy in Beaver and will soon move to Pineville. Earlier this year, MSHA announced that District 4, ...

According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration, the United States has about 14,000 active and as many as 500,000 abandoned mines, and since 1999, nearly 300 people ...

GENEVA, N.Y. – The Trump administration’s efforts to cut expenses have led to the cancellation of hundreds of federal leases, including one in Ontario County. This lease termination affects a federal ...