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The agency has issued nearly 2,100 violations so far in 2023.

SEVIERVILLE — A federal agency fined Vulcan Materials $110,252 for three citations issued after a fatal accident at its Sevierville quarry in January, although records show the company is contesting

WASHINGTON – Two U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration grants announced by the U.S. Department of Labor are going to Nevada – to the Desert Research Institute and the Nevada

MULLAN, Idaho — Hecla Mining Company has announced that fire in Lucky Friday mine has been extinguished, after smoke was reported in the mine’s secondary egress, the #2 shaft.

DSI Leads the Charge in Silica Dust Mitigation Amid New MSHA Standards ...

MULLAN, Idaho - Smoke emitted from shaft #2 of the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan Monday morning.

The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) was recently awarded an $8.6 million grant that will allow it to further a mission that touches tens of thousands of people each year in Utah and across the West.

Co-Author: Elizabeth Strickland The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a June 16th decision certain Mining Safety and Health Administration...

After decades of hard work, coal miners' advocates celebrate a federal plan to tighten toxic silica exposure guidelines — and vow to make it even stronger.

Miners and their advocates have long demanded stricter federal standards on exposure to silica, a leading cause of black lung. They’re still waiting.