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MSHA Launches New Safety Initiative Targeting Respirable Silica By: Ryan Combs and William Lewis On June 8, 2022, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) launched the “Silica Enforcement Initiative”

Successful Mine Rescues in August 1926 — Five miners were trapped for six days and seven nights by a cave-in at an unnamed zinc near Salem, Kentucky. Rescuers worked through

John Unger visits the Quecreek Mine rescue site on the Somerset County farm of Bill and Lori Arnold. Unger was one of the nine miners who were trapped underground for

A shift supervisor, accompanied by two operators entered the 4 seam mid burden loading area at ramp 1 with his vehicle. Concurrently, loading operations were in progress. As the 785

Five top mining executives convicted over Turkey’s worst mine disaster Five former mining executives at Turkey's Soma coal mine have been jailed over the country’s deadliest mining disaster, which claimed

Mines – which are typically rustic environments in which to operate, requiring robust technology – often work against nature, descending deep underground, where temperatures can rise to between 60º and

Falling coal rib struck two workers in the underground workings of the mine when the strata failed on 4 July 2018. One of the workers suffered serious injuries. To read

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