New mine death reports
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration this week issued reports on two of last year’s 29 coal-mining deaths, including one that occurred at CONSOL Energy’s Robinson Run Mine in Marion...
View ArticleSilo blast reminds us of coal dust dangers
Six workers were injured Tuesday when a coal-dust silo exploded at this We Energies power plant near Milwaukee. Folks in coal country usually think of coal-dust explosions as something that happens...
View ArticlePreliminary report on coal mining death
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration officials have released their preliminary report on last week’s coal-mining death in West Virginia. For a long while now, I’ve suggested that MSHA post...
View ArticleMore questions about slurry safety
Vicki Smith over at The Associated Press has another story out today, with more questions about the safety of injecting coal slurry underground. I’ve posted the story on the Gazette’s Mining the...
View ArticleFor the sake of the kids: Coal rally late on ride permit
We’re used to hearing the coal industry complain about permits … but this is a story about a different kind of permit — one that organizers of the Labor Day Friends of America rally didn’t get until...
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