Judge orders payment to miner's family Associated Press January 1, 2009 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A coal company has been ordered to pay full benefits to the...
Here's the current list of new arrivals to the USMRA Safety Training Materials Repository. For more, visit http://www.usmra.com/repository/. Rob Category...
Sago families look to Obama Charleston Gazette - Charleston,WV,USA By Ken Ward Jr. January 2, 2009 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Peggy Cohen's youngest son, Hunter, was...
Three years after Sago, mines told to install shelters Pittsburgh Tribune-Review January 3, 2009 Three years after 11 miners suffocated after a West Virginia...
N.China mine conceals flood accident that kills four Xinhua - China January 4, 2009 SHUOZHOU, Shanxi, -- A coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province has...
Eight miners killed in Mach mine collapse Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan January 4, 2009 Around eight miners were feared dead when a coalmine off Mach town in...
Four mining accident victims in Donetsk in serious condition Kyiv Post - Kyiv,Ukraine January 5, 2009 Donetsk, January 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Four of the eight...
Federal judge sets Aracoma fire plea hearing Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA January 6, 2009 CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal judge has scheduled a Jan. 14...
Two Injured In Marion County Mine Accidents WAJR-AM Radio News Fairview, Marion County, WV January 6, 2009 Two separate investigations are underway after two...
Pennsylvania Board meets to improve coal mining safety Daily American Online - Somerset,PA,USA By Rick Kazmer January 8, 2009 A Harrisburg-sanctioned mine...
1 Dead, 1 Injured in Mexico Mine Collapse Latin American Herald Tribune - Caracas,Venezuela January 8, 2009 MEXICO CITY -- One engineer died and another was...
US mine deaths fall to 51, the lowest on record WAAY - Huntsville,AL,USA Associated Press January 8, 2009 FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The number of miners killed on...
South African Mine Deaths Fall to Lowest on Record Bloomberg - USA January 9, 2009 Mine deaths in South Africa, the world's largest precious metals producer,...
4 confirmed dead, 9 remain missing in SW China coal mine flooding as rescue underway Xinhua - China January 9, 2009 GUIYANG, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The local work...
Consol Energy to close Mine 84 in early March Uniontown Herald Standard - Uniontown,PA,USA January 9, 2009 Plans by Consol Energy to close Mine 84 in...
12 miners killed in Arctic Russia mine explosion SteelGuru - Gurgaon,Haryana,India January 10, 2009 Mining Journal reported that at least 12 people died in a...
Will 2008 be the last record-breaking year for coal? Gillette News Record - Gillette,WY,USA By ALEXANDRA SUKHOMLINOVA January 10, 2009 Another record year for...
from AFL-CIO NOW: Black Lung Disease on the Rise by Mike Hall, Jan 11, 2009 In September 2007, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...
Coal collapse kills five Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China January 12, 2009 A MOUNTAIN of coal collapsed beside a mine in Yunnan Province on Saturday, killing...
I had a MSHA official in the Pittsburgh Dust Group for Tech Support tell me in the late 90's that 80 percent of the surface coal mines were out of compliance...
Coal Industry Group Launches Mine Safety Effort Insurance Journal - San Diego,CA,USA January 14, 2009 The National Mining Association is launching a new...
I did a search at http://www.cdc.gov/search.do <http://www.cdc.gov/search.do> for "black lung" and "pneumoconiosis" and found tons of linked documents. None...
Coal mine deaths fall to 14-yr low China Daily - China January 17, 2009 The number of people killed in illegal coal mines last year was the lowest for 14...
167 Carltonville miners trapped The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa January 18, 2009 Work is underway to rescue 167 underground workers who are...
Aracoma Anniversary West Virginia MetroNews - Charleston,WV,USA January 18, 2009 It was three-years ago Monday that two miners were killed in conveyor belt...
South Africa miners rescued after 20 hours underground AFP January 18, 2009 JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Rescuers have saved 275 mine workers who had been trapped...
Four miners taken to burns unit after fire in Donetsk mine Kyiv Post - Kyiv,Ukraine January 19, 2009 Four miners have been taken to the Donetsk burns unit...
Coal mine explosions kill 12, injure 14 ACTmedia - Bucharest,Romania January 19, 2009 Eight miners and four members of the rescue team were killed by two...
Remembering the Knox Mine Disaster with video Citizens Voice - Wilkes-Barre,PA,USA By Coulter Jones and Caleb Sheaffer January 19, 2009 See video at...