(CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.) — The mine in Cripple Creek where a tour guide died in October has undergone an inspection to determine compliance with state regulations. 46-year-old Patrick Weier, an employee ...

On June 26, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, which is part of the U.S. Department of Labor, announced that it had completed impact inspections in May 2024 at 15 mines in 12 states. The ...

March 13 - Two days after the West Virginia coal mining accident that killed 12 miners in January, a clear directive went out from Miguel Rivera, Indiana's commissioner of labor. In a letter to John ...

CRIPPLE CREEK — Decades of state inspection reports for the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine Tour in Cripple Creek show the mine had complied with state requirements in the years following a cease and desist ...

An inspection of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek prompted by an elevator malfunction that killed tour guide Patrick Weier and left 23 stranded for hours has wrapped up, according to a ...

OAK GROVE, Ala.—Lisa Lindsay was surprised. For months, she had waited for federal authorities to do something—anything—to mitigate the risks of the longwall coal mine expanding beneath her home.

CRIPPLE CREEK — The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, the Division of Oil and Public Safety, and the Mine Training and Safety Program concluded ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Federal inspectors issued more than 100 citations during inspections at U.S. mine operations in August. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday that the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kathy Bartlett watched helplessly this spring as Kentucky lawmakers cut back on mine safety inspections and replaced them with coaching sessions on miners’ safety habits. She ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The widows of two West Virginia coal miners killed in a 2006 fire want the state Supreme Court to rule that private and federal mine safety inspectors can be held legally ...