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Curtis Floyd, 47, of Billings, was fined $2,000 and will spend two years on probation after pleading guilty to conspiring to submit false statements in mine records.

This prosecution was part of a broad corruption investigation into Signal Peak Energy’s management and operations that included embezzlement, tax evasion, bank fraud, money laundering, drugs and firearms violations.

Every January, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) civil penalties typically increase in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990.

CHARLESTON — A federal chief administrative law judge has approved an agreement between regulators and a South Charleston-based mining company for the latter and its subsidiaries to pay nearly $350,000

The app is available to miners in both English and Spanish.

No penalty is a good penalty, but many Department of Labor fines just got worse – including those that can be assessed against mine operators. The agency just published a final rule...

As the calendar turns to a new year, the Mine Safety and Health Administration appears to have found its footing – and that means mine operators need to be on their toes in 2023. After...

National Miners Day, celebrated each year on Dec. 6, serves as a stark reminder of the importance of regulations for the safety of coal miners across the nation.

The pattern of violations screening process examines all of the nation’s mines and identifies mines with a high number of significant and substantial violations and other safety and health compliance problems.

Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates issued a memo, Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing. The essence of that memo was for an employer to obtain relief during a criminal prosecution, it had to cooperate completely in holding individuals accountable.