Drowsy workers may as well be drunk SmartCompany.com.au - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia April 23, 2008 Occupational health and safety researchers from James...
Roof fall kills coal miner in Wise Kingsport Times News - Kingsport,TN,USA April 22, 2008 BIG STONE GAP, VA - The death of a Wise County coal miner on Tuesday...
Pennsylvania man survives 500-foot fall into strip mine AssociatedPress By MICHAEL RUBINKAM April 26, 2008 ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A man survived a 500-foot fall...
Coal Miners Compete in Mine Rescue Contest WDTV - Bridgeport,WV,USA April 27, 2008 See video at http://www.wdtv.com:80/news/local/18301829.html Mine rescue...
Mine symposium heads west Charleston Gazette - WV, USA April 29, 2008 Wheeling Jesuit University is moving this year's International Mining Health and Safety...
Partial tentative settlement reached in Sago lawsuits Associated Press April 29, 2008 CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Lawyers for families of miners involved in the 2006...
4 dead in 2 Gold Fields Ltd. gold mining accidents Associated Press April 29, 2008 NEW YORK - Gold Fields Ltd., a South Africa-based gold-mining company, said...
Safe work near drawpoints in underground mines SafeToWork - Sydney,NSW,Australia May 1, 2008 QUEENSLAND's Department of Mines and Energy has released a...
Deployment of wireless Wi-Fi communications system heralds new era of mine safety and productivity TORONTO, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Active Control...
Competition to sharpen mine rescue teams' skills ABC Online - Australia May 2, 2008 The annual Chamber of Minerals and Energy mine rescue competition begins in...
Nine killed in cage plunge at Gold Fields Mining MX - Sandton,South Africa May 1, 2008 Nine workers were killed at Gold Fields' South Deep mine in South Africa...
Labor secretary honors rescuers Salt Lake Tribune - United States May 2, 2008 WASHINGTON - Labor Secretary Elaine Chao awarded one of the department's top...
MSHA: Small Mines Office Improves Safety, Reduces Fatalities Occupational Hazards - Cleveland,OH,USA By Laura Walter May 2, 2008 Since the creation of its...
Coal boom allows Alpha to share the wealth By Bill Archer Bluefield (WV) Daily Telegraph May 2, 2008 CUCUMBER - With metallurgical coal spot market prices...
Murray says 2 Ohio mines could close 1,000 miners could lose jobs in Belmont, Monroe counties Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville,OH,USA By M.R. KROPKO AP...
Silver Valley marks anniversary of Sunshine Mine fire KXLY - Spokane,WA,USA May 2, 2008 KELLOGG, ID. -- It was a solemn day in Idaho's Silver Valley as friends...
Centralia Documentary Playing in Pottsville WNEP-TV - Scranton,PA,USA May 3, 2008 A mine fire that broke out in Columbia County in the early 1960s eventually...
Engineering firm 'shocked' by mine accident Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa May 3, 2008 Construction company Murray & Roberts said on Friday it was...
Sunshine Mine fire remembered Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA May 3, 2008 KELLOGG, Idaho - The 91 men who perished when they were trapped by fire in the...
Four missing in China's Hunan after coal mine gas outburst Xinhua - China May 4, 2008 CHANGSHA, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Four workers were missing on Sunday after a...
Symposium to address mine safety Likely focus will be on 'bounces' and 'bumps,' which doomed the nine miners in Utah May 4, 2008 Two weeks before the first...
Seven killed in coal mine collapse Times of India - India May 5, 2008 DHANBAD: Seven people stealing coal from an abandoned open mine were killed on Sunday...
Two killed, two missing in coal mine gas blast Xinhua - China May 5, 2008 CHANGSHA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers have retrieved two bodies as of Monday from a...
2 missing, 25 rescued in Brazil coal mine explosion BusinessWeek - USA May 5, 2008 An explosion ripped through a coal mine in southern Brazil on Monday,...
Active Control unveils breakthrough "Starfish(TM)" feature for ActiveMine wireless communications system May 6, 2008 TORONTO, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -...
12 Indonesian gold miners killed, nine missing in landslide Monsters and Critics.com - USA May 6, 2008 Jakarta - At least 12 illegal gold miners were killed in...
Competition is on for rescue teams Timmins Daily Press - Timmins,Ontario,Canada May 7, 2008 Dean Peters quickly works to re-assemble a breathing apparatus in...
Crandall Canyon report to be released Thursday Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA May 7, 2008 WASHINGTON - The House Education and Labor Committee expects to...
Hot competition for mine rescue teams Timmins Daily Press - Timmins,Ontario,Canada May 9, 2008 The Mine Rescue Competition kicked off at the Whitney Arena on...
Rep. George Miller seeks criminal investigation into Crandall Canyon Mine deaths The Martinez congressman says the mine operator may have 'willfully misled'...
