Federal officials in white hard hats speak with miners in an Indiana coal mine in 2015. AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley President Donald Trump’s administration has announced its intention to pause or ...

More than 170 federal staffers working to protect miners from explosions and deadly diseases were reinstated this week.

Hundreds of federal employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received an email Tuesday ...

A display case at NIOSH shows a normal lung and a diseased black lung, caused by inhaling coal dust and other harmful particles while coal mining. Howard Berkes NPR Mine safety is under attack. In the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is among the federal agencies selected for spending cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency. Nearly three dozen MSHA ...

In a significant turn of events for the coal mining sector, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced a temporary enforcement pause on its stringent respirable crystalline silica ...

Mine Safety and Health Administration pick Wayne Palmer will get a committee vote Thursday. Environmental and Appalachian advocacy groups are demanding a full Senate hearing — and not just a vote — to ...

Judges on the Eighth Circuit were skeptical of siding with a mine operator who invoked constitutional challenges against the independent agency that hears appeals to mine safety disputes.

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced new leadership appointments across several key workplace safety and health agencies, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the ...