This Day In History: 82 Miners Killed in Millfield Mine Disaster, November 5, 1930
On this day in 1930, at 11:45 a.m., a tremendous explosion rocked the Sunday Creek No. 6 mine near Millfield,…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
On this day in 1930, at 11:45 a.m., a tremendous explosion rocked the Sunday Creek No. 6 mine near Millfield,…
Workers Can Participate in CSB Investigations: A major goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act is to encourage workers…
Charleston Gazette-Mail reporter Ken Ward is a rare specimen in many ways. First, he’s a journalist — and there aren’t…
Pork Processing Workers — From Bad to Worse: US meat workers are already three times more likely to suffer serious…
Don Blankenship,who spent a year in jail because 29 miners died in his Upper Big Branch mine? What good is…
There are a lot of things to hate Don Blankenship for. Putting production over safety leading to the deaths of…
Kentucky Limits Black Lung Claims Reviews: We have recently noted that black lung is back with a vengeance after almost…
Today is the eighth anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mine explosion that claimed the lives of 29 coal miners…
More Freedom and More Catastrophic Fertilizer Explosions: After a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion at West Fertilizer exploded in 2013 killed…
Black Lung is Back: After almost being eradicated in the late 1990, black lung is back, with a vengeance. Epidemiologists…