WASHINGTON (CN) - The Mine Safety and Health Administration plans to require coal mining operations to equip continuous coal mining machines with proximity sensors to reduce injuries and deaths. A ...

On Aug. 31, MSHA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to require underground coal mines to equip continuous mining machines with proximity detection systems in order to protect miners ...

Mining operations have resumed after a four-year break at the US Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. A continuous mining machine has begun cutting into panel 8 in the underground salt ...

PRINCETON, Ind. A federal rule issued Tuesday requires all U.S. mines to use sensors that can halt digging machines if miners get too close, a move aimed at preventing workers from being crushed to ...

GREEN RIVER - A Sweetwater County trona miner who was crushed to death in a February accident did not follow established mining procedures, a federal report issued Friday said. The Mine and Safety ...

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