Currently in Kentucky, two emergency trained workers are required at mines while they’re producing coal, no matter the ...

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

DOGE terminated leases for more mine safety offices in Kentucky than any other state, a move advocates say comes at the expense of miners' health.

I can’t say that I anticipated just the wholesale closure of every mine safety office in eastern Kentucky,” he said.

Minutes after a widow emotionally testified about losing her 29-year-old husband in a deadly 2005 coal mine accident in ...

The 19-year-old plays the bass drum in the Morehead State University marching band, and his late father loved playing the ...

An effort to lower the number of medically-trained emergency personnel required in smaller active coal mines passed a Senate ...

Despite reservations voiced by Republicans, a Kentucky legislative committee advanced a bill that would roll back a state ...

Opponents of proposed limits on water regulation in Kentucky say an amendment does not do enough protect groundwater, small ...

According to the MSHA website, the miner died at around 2:50 p.m. Friday at the Black Eagle Mine in Raleigh County operated ...

If all the targeted offices close, it would leave only a few MSHA offices in place to police more than 100 Kentucky coal mines, where millions of tons are produced every year. Only a handful of ...

With a few exceptions, most remaining coal mining in Kentucky consists of small mines, said the committee’s chairman, state Sen. Phillip Wheeler, R-Pikeville. Requiring these mines to have two ...