The mine person responsible for Health and Safety (there needs to be one) must verify all training times and topics and keep all records as required by MSHA. The safety instructors do not need to be ...

Scranton firefighters spent part of Tuesday at the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in McDade Park training to extricate mine visitors in the event of an emergency. The training comes almost a year after ...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Scranton firefighters took their training underground Thursday, literally, at the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in McDade Park to prepare for the unexpected. The ...

A group which specializes in flooded cave rescues reflects on the difficulties of diving in a mine rescue scenario.

HARRISBURG -- Mine safety and continued support of coal mining in Southern Illinois took center stage Tuesday as state and college officials broke ground on a simulated mine facility at Southeastern ...

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Mineral Resources Management recently awarded funding to six new projects that will help communities across Ohio impacted by abandoned ...

For Underground Non-Coal Mines MSHA states that "approximately" 8 hours of new miner underground training should occur at the mine…this is a little ambiguous and we can offer either a 32 hour program ...