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MSHA initiative to combat ‘deadliest month’ for miners
October 6, 2015
MSHA opens new rescue center in Kentucky
September 21, 2015
Notice of public meeting and reopening of the record MSHA’s request for information on refuge alternatives for underground coal mines
September 17, 2015
MSHA proposes proximity detection rule to prevent crushing, pinning deaths and injuries
September 2, 2015
MSHA calls for stepped-up enforcement after three fatal accidents in one day
August 5, 2015
MSHA mid-year report shows 18 mining deaths in first half of 2015
July 22, 2015
MSHA to award $1 million in grants for mine safety training
June 29, 2015
Proximity rule for underground coal mines to be published
January 13, 2015
Preliminary data for 2014 shows fewest ever fatalities in US coal mining
January 5, 2015
MSHA commemorates second annual Mine Rescue Day
October 29, 2014
Star Mine Operations fined more than $1 million for double fatality at Colorado silver mine
October 21, 2014
MSHA says coal dust sampling results show mines are complying with new dust rules
October 21, 2014
Teams from West Virginia, Virginia take top prizes in mine rescue skills championship
October 13, 2014
MSHA issues citations for fatal accident at Patriot Coal LLC mine in May
October 8, 2014
Number of chronic safety offenders drops significantly
October 2, 2014
MSHA awards $1M in Brookwood-Sago mine safety grants
September 26, 2014
NIOSH researchers find a surge in black lung disease in Central Appalachia
September 16, 2014
First phase of MSHA’s respirable coal mine dust rule goes into effect
August 4, 2014
MSHA to publish proposed rule on civil penalty assessments
July 29, 2014
MSHA releases mid-year mine fatality update
July 28, 2014