After nearly four decades working in underground coal mines, Carter was diagnosed with black lung, a deadly and incurable disease caused by inhaling coal dust over a long period. Now, the 70 year ...

A major underground fire in an abandoned Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) mine near Rajrappa threatens 10,000 residents of Bhuchungdih village. Toxic gases are being released, raising fears of ...

A decades-old program operated by NIOSH to detect lung disease in coal miners is one of the federal programs that have been ...

The company will mine metallurgical coal, but an environmental group worries the project will exacerbate mine drainage problems in the Laurel Highlands.

"You can come out from underground, make what you made, and then they can't just get rid of you." That program, which relocates coal miners diagnosed with black lung to safer jobs at the same pay ...

Open-cut coal mines are typically shallower than underground coal mines, and while they produce less methane, measurement of emissions is not straightforward. Former chief scientist Cathy Foley ...

NIOSH research has also resulted in industry standards for pillar design and roof support programs to prevent collapse in underground mines. “NIOSH’s Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance ...

The Askam Borehole Treatment System is a reminder to the devastation deep coal mining caused on our region’s environment. Some 70 plus years when coal mining in the Wyoming Valley came to an end ...