health and safety

For the Massey miners: Journal of Catherine Terry, 30 November 1920

April 6, 2010 By Diane Gilliam Fisher

As a memorial for the 25 miners who lost their lives this past week in Montcoal, W. Va., at the Massey Energy mine, this poem says more than 100 articles.

Deadly explosions kill 31 energy workers in one week

April 6, 2010 By Tim Wheeler

ANACORTES, Wash.---Families and co-workers of six oil workers killed in a refinery explosion here April 2 were mourning their dead when three days later another explosion, this one in a West Virginia coal mine killed 25...

PEOPLES HEALTH: Mineworker president on coal tragedies

February 3, 2006 By PAI

Putting “the coal industry in charge” of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is leading to dangerous conditions for the nation’s coal miners, United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts told lawmakers at a Jan. 23...