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MSHA awards $1 million in Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants

September 30, 2011

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration yesterday announced $1 million in grant funds to eight organizations that provide education and training within the mining industry.

MSHA: Two mine violators backslide after earlier improvements

Regaining PPOV status is unprecedented

August 29, 2011

Although they made improvements after being cited for violations last year, two mines in Tennessee and West Virginia are no longer making a good faith effort to eliminate violations, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).

MSHA releases midyear mine fatality report

14 miners killed in first half of 2011 is an “all-time low”

August 4, 2011

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today released a midyear summary of mining deaths in the country. As of June 30, eight miners were killed in coal mining operations, and six in the metal and nonmetal sector.