The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says coal-mining related deaths have reached a record low in Kentucky where a...
Kentucky mine safety News
Federal regulators have concluded that a Harlan County coal mine operator’s negligence resulted in a miner’s death earlier this year....
Kentucky’s mine-safety laws and regulations didn’t apply to a subcontract worker who died while installing a massive garage door on...
A former state mine inspector has pleaded guilty in federal court to taking bribes from former Kentucky lawmaker Keith Hall....
A former Kentucky mine inspector indicted for taking bribes from a state lawmaker is now facing charges from the Executive...
West Virginia billionaire Jim Justice has reached a $1.5 million settlement with Kentucky officials over dozens of violations at several...
A budget cut in the state office that inspects the safety of mining sites is forcing a reduction in its...
Coal mines in Kentucky would be subject to fewer state inspections under the Senate’s budget proposal 鈥� a change that...
A longtime state mine inspector has resigned amid inquiries about whether he sought or accepted money from an eastern Kentucky...
An influential eastern Kentucky legislator owns the permits on Pike County coal mines that have repeatedly been cited by the...