Coal Mine Accidents

The equipment used to locate, extract and transport coal has become more efficient and sophisticated. Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily mean that working in a coal mine has become any safer. Miners still face a large number of risks on the job. Workers get hurt...

Explosions are a common sight around coal mines. While most companies exercise extreme caution when they’re blasting, there are some risks that the miners and their employers should be aware of. The issue with blasts is that they can cause catastrophic injuries, some...

The coal-mining industry has long been pockmarked with the untimely deaths of the men who toil deep within the bowels of the earth to bring coal to the surface to power America. But it would be a mistake to not connect all the deaths of the men in women who work in...

Since 2008, the Marcellus Shale has been a hotbed of activity for fracking, drilling and mining. The region is located in the Mid-Atlantic states and covers most of the Appalachian Basin up to New York state. Its lands have produced billions of barrels of oil and...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) describes the coal mining industry as a relatively dangerous one. The federal agency contends that miners have a more substantial likelihood of suffering injuries, falling ill or dying on the job than most other private-sector...

If you or someone in your family works at a coal mine, you will be well aware of how dangerous a job it can be. Despite vast improvements in safety culture over the years, too many people still lose their lives or suffer severe injuries while working to extract coal....

Coal mining deaths in the country dropped to an all-time low last year. Five coal miners died at work, compared to 11 in 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). That is a massive improvement from a century ago,...

West Virginia is full of hard-working coal miners, and some of them can trace their family's history in the industry back for over a hundred years. Generations of Mountaineers have spent countless hours underground, facing dangerous conditions and long-term health...

As the majority of Americans took a pause to gather and focus their thoughts on all there was to be thankful for, one family and the small West Virginia community where they live was given cause to mourn. Coal mine accidents claim lives each year, and 2020 has been no...

Workers in the mining industry in West Virginia risk their lives with every shift they work. Blasting-related coal mine accidents are preventable but continue to happen. The highly explosive methane gas trapped in between the coal layers could cause catastrophic coal...