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![West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin with miners on Capitol Hill.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Manchin-e1557424684732-900x422.png)
Lawmakers, Union Urge Mine Safety Regulators to Act on Silica Dust
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — A group of Ohio Valley senators says a watchdog agency’s recent report shows that federal regulators must do more to protect coal miners from silica dust, an… Read More
![An X-ray image of an Appalachian coal miner with black lung lesions.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Forehand-Lung-with-opacities-outlined-1-e1518216430607-900x422.jpg)
Federal Watchdog Finds Coal Safety Regulator Not Protecting Miners From Silica Dust
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — The Mine Safety and Health Administration is not doing enough to protect coal miners from deadly silica dust, according to a new report from the Department of… Read More
![Piles of coal](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Coal-900x422.jpg)
Mine Safety Officials Won’t Do More To Protect Coal Miners From COVID-19, Letter Says
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) —The Mine Safety and Health Administration is declining to issue an emergency temporary standard that could protect coal miners whose jobs make them vulnerable to the coronavirus…. Read More
![Piles of coal](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Coal-900x422.jpg)
Oversight Office: MSHA Should Do More To Protect Miners In Pandemic
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has not done enough to protect coal miners during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from an oversight agency released Tuesday…. Read More
![Gov. Justice takes the oath of office as his son James C. Justice III (center) looks on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/31978198890_a9c3ce22fc_k-e1546545858692-900x422.jpg)
Justice Coal Companies Agree to Settle $5 Million in Delinquent Mine Safety Debts
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (OVR) — Coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Governor Jim Justice have agreed to pay more than $5 million in overdue mine health and safety… Read More
![An X-ray image of an Appalachian coal miner with black lung lesions.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Forehand-Lung-with-opacities-outlined-1-e1531342312952-900x422.jpg)
Federal Agency to Hear Comment on Silica Dust as Black Lung Epidemic Rages
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration will host a public meeting Thursday as it considers action on regulating respirable silica, one of the major contributors to Appalachia’s skyrocketing rates of… Read More
![A mining helmet for coal or other mining](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AP_734405244919-e1568734695444-900x422.png)
Coal Mine Electrician Dies in Accident at West Virginia Mine
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia officials say a 40-year-old coal mine electrician has died in an accident. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training says Steven… Read More
![A guard sits in his truck at the entrance to the Darby Coal Mine in Holmes Mill, Kentucky, on May 20, 2006 - the day an explosion in the mine killed five miners. The owners of the mine later failed to pay nearly $3 million in penalties for mine safety violations at Darby and other mines.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_060520030242-70b438cceeaf06065538866dbce02bfa2a94127e-e1566483138802-900x422.jpg)
Mines No Safer Despite $1 Billion In Fines, Federal Audit Says
By: Howard Berkes | Robert Benincasa | NPR
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A Labor Department audit found no correlation between the federal system that fines mining companies for unsafe conditions and safety in mining operations.
![An X-ray image of an Appalachian coal miner with black lung lesions.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Forehand-Lung-with-opacities-outlined-1-e1531342312952-900x422.jpg)
As Congressional Panel Focuses On Black Lung, UMW Urges Stronger Health Protections
As Congress hears testimony on the epidemic of black lung disease among Appalachian miners, two labor leaders are calling on Congress and regulators to do more to protect miners. In… Read More
![Gov. Justice takes the oath of office as his son James C. Justice III (center) looks on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/31978198890_a9c3ce22fc_k-e1546545858692-900x422.jpg)
Mine Safety Debt For WV Gov. Justice’s Family Companies Grows to $4M
By: Brittany Patterson | Alexandra Kanik | Ohio Valley ReSource
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An Ohio Valley ReSource analysis of federal mine safety data shows that the companies belonging to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice owe $4.3 million in delinquent debt… Read More
![Piles of coal](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Coal-900x422.jpg)
Mine Workers Sue Federal Regulators Over Controversial Mine Safety Decision
By: Brittany Patterson | Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The United Mine Workers of America is suing the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, or MSHA, after the agency reduced its heightened oversight of a West Virginia coal mine… Read More