After more than 200 years in operation, Montagu Pit closed its gates for the last time in November 1959. Today, a statue in ...

It also shows how health and safety for miners was once little more than a ... darkness (or maybe with a faint flicker from an oil lamp) for up to 12 hours with the one job of opening and closing ...

"Now we've got a little pen torch, just in case, whereas the old pitmen's lamps used to have a little ... "Like the old saying from the coal miners: It's always the good roof that'll get you ...

The historical lack of health and safety for miners was once shockingly minimal ... with perhaps only a dim oil lamp, tasked with the sole purpose of managing air doors for up to 12 hours to ...

Federal regulators have determined a Taylor County mine operator’s safety failures caused an incident that left a Preston ...

House Bill 196 involves first aid required at coal mines; House Bill 398 relates to state workplace safety standards.

Long-time leader of the United Mine Workers of America and Kanawha County native Cecil Roberts says he is concerned about ...

Consumers have been warned to stop using products sold at a popular discount store after authorities found they could kill people. Energy Safe Victoria issued an urgent safety warning after ...

State law requires at least two of the miners working on every shift to be trained as mine emergency technicians. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. John Blanton, R-Salyersville, would ease safety ...

The nomination last month by Trump of Wayne Palmer to head the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) presages a major ramping-up of attacks on miners. Palmer, a former mining industry ...

Ferryhill Town Council has unveiled designs for a new miner’s lamp sculpture. Following a series of community and school workshops with professional sculptor, Andrew McKeon - who also designed ...