The mine person responsible for Health and Safety (there needs to be one) must verify all training times and topics and keep all records as required by MSHA. The safety instructors do not need to be ...

Longtime local, Aspen Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD) ­retiree and former Smuggler Mine owner Jay Parker was pivotal in bringing the class back to Aspen. Working with Brandon Neal, the mine rescue ...

The Kentucky Coal Academy is planning an event next month to mark the opening of its new Mine Training Facility in southeastern Kentucky.An open house is set for March 10 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the ...

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CORE, W.Va. — Federal Mine Safety Chief Chris Williamson, the head of MSHA, toured the West Virginia University Academy for Mine Training and Energy Technologies in Core Wednesday, National Mine ...

HARRISON COUNTY, Ohio — Ohio's 2,500 coal miners, and their families, are relying on a new training facility in Harrison County. It opened this week, and it will prepare mine rescue teams to aid the ...

MARION, Ill (WSIL) — It’s a call no mine operator ever wants to make, but when disaster strikes underground, a team of highly trained mine rescuers must be ready to answer. This week, miners from ...

Miners opposed to a proposal by Gov. Bill Walker to raise taxes on the state’s top-producing mines got help from an unexpected source Friday afternoon. Alongside the miners testifying against the tax ...