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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently increased fines for mine safety violations. Terry Wagaman, chair of the Michigan Aggregates Association (MAA) Safety Committee, told attendees ...

MSHA issued 294 citations in October and November as part of its impact inspection program, which focuses on mines with “poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns.” The agency launched ...

The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission has overturned a decision by Administrative Law Judge Jerold Feldman regarding Wolf Run Mining Co.’s response to the Jan. 2, 2006, explosion that ...

CHARLESTON — A new report says some mine operators are avoiding paying fines for safety violations because the Mine Safety and Health Administration's collection system is flawed. The report by the ...

The Mine Safety Health Administration has issued its first citations in connection with the death of Lucky Friday miner Larry Marek, who was killed April 15 when a tunnel he was working in collapsed.

WASHINGTON – Kentucky mine operator Stanley Osborne has accumulated more than $200,000 in safety fines since the 1980s, but the federal government has not been able to collect the money. In a new ...