Tags: coal mine
MSHA prevails in UMWA court challenge to public hearings
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia has ruled in MSHA's favor in a recent challenge to the agency's decision to conduct private ... Read More...
UPDATE: 25 dead, 2 hurt, 4 missing after mine explosion
Updated on Tuesday, April 6, from the original April 5, report.
Twenty-five people are dead, two have been taken to hospitals, and four are still missing after an explosion at the Massey Energy Co. Upper Big Branch coal mine in Whitesville, W.V., yesterday afternoon, Don Blankenship, the ... Read More...
