WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a fatality alert Monday in connection with the November mining accident in Nicholas County that claimed a coal miner’s life.

NICHOLAS COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) – A preliminary MSHA accident report has been released following the death at the Rolling Thunder Mine in Drennen. According to the report, the accident occurred on ...

The head of the nation’s mine safety and health regulatory agency has drawn miner advocate ire with new congressional ...

A coal miner remains missing and trapped after catastrophic flooding struck the Rolling Thunder Mine in Drennen, Nicholas County, in central West Virginia, over the weekend. The miner—a crew foreman ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is distributing more than $10.5 million to 45 states, the Navajo Nation and the Northern Mariana Islands to support programs aimed at reducing mining ...

Federal funding from the U.S. Department of Labor, administered by MSHA, will support mine safety and health training programs nationwide, expanding education and hazard awareness in a high-risk ...