The Mine Safety and Health Administration moves to limit discretionary enforcement by district officials, citing legal and ...

Early-phase drug product (DP) manufacture from an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) is often performed in the absence of fire and explosion data, as material for testing either does not exist or ...

Currently the monitoring of dust concentration in coal mines is of considerable importance in terms of safety and productivity. This paper describes a novel on-line coal dust detection method. Its ...

In the nearly seven months following the March explosion, MSHA has cited more than 550 safety violations inside the mine, more than 190 of which were noted as “significant and substantial.” ...

PETTUS, W.Va. (WCHS) — Federal officials have released a final report on the investigation of a miner death that occurred earlier this year in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Billy Stalker, a 46 ...

Investigators from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration have completed an investigation into a fatal mining accident in Raleigh County from February. The accident on ...

When a dust fire or explosion event (deflagration) occurs in any facility the results are significant and the consequences can range from only a simple clean-up and/or minor personnel injuries to ...

Underground coal mining environments are inherently prone to the risk of methane gas and coal dust explosions. Mitigation systems are critical to prevent catastrophic outcomes. Traditionally, stone ...

Mpumalanga, South Africa – April 05, 2025 — Explospot Systems, a global leader in active explosion and fire suppression technology, has once again demonstrated the life-saving effectiveness of its ...

Seattle, WA (Grist)When the Trump administration moved to shutt mine safety offices and shutter a program that protects miners from black lung disease, miners demanded it reverse course. It quietly ...

And, it turns out, successful. In March, the administration moved to shutter over 30 field offices of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, or MSHA, throughout coal country.

That means for any of the residents, that’s children breathing coal dust,” Knight said. C. Reiss Company owns the coal piles that have been located along the Fox River since 1900. Under the deal, C.