Mine Workers Sue Federal Regulators Over Controversial Mine Safety Decision

By: Brittany Patterson | Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
Posted on: Tuesday, December 4, 2018

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 with a poor safety record. MSHA has the power to declare mines with a history of significant safety violations as having a “Pattern of Violations.”… Read More