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2. United States National Mine Health and Safety Academy

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   The United States National Mine Health and Safety Academy is a federal academy responsible for training the mine safety and health inspectors and technical support personnel of the Mine Safety and Health Administration. The Academy is located in Beckley, West Virginia, on an 80-acre (320,000 m 2) site near the Raleigh County Airport. The ...

3. Monongah mining disaster - Wikipedia

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   The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" [1] and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau of ...

4. Davitt McAteer - Wikipedia

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   In 1972 McAteer greatly improved the United Mine Workers Association's health and safety programs by improving the training of safety investigators. In 1976 McAteer joined the Center for Law and Social Policy in Washington, D.C. where he played a major role in developing two mining laws: an expanded mine health and safety law as well as a federal law to control strip mining.

5. Sen. Manchin is the last in a line of formidable West ... - AOL

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   At its peak in the 1950s, coal mining employed 100,000 in West Virginia, whose population at the time was about 2 million. ... "It’s one thing to support coal mine health and safety, it’s ...

6. Sago Mine disaster - Wikipedia

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   Anker West Virginia Mining was listed as the permittee for the Sago Mine. Testifying before U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) on March 23, 2006, Vice President Sam Kitts described the corporate structure as follows, "Sago is part of Wolf Run Mining Company, which is a subsidiary of Hunter Ridge Mining Company.

7. Farmington Mine disaster - Wikipedia

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   The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:30 a.m. on November 20, 1968, at the Consol No. 9 coal mine north of Farmington and Mannington, West Virginia, United States.

8. Upper Big Branch Mine disaster - Wikipedia

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   Monongah mining disaster - 1907 explosion in West Virginia that killed at least 362 miners. Spurred the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines. Farmington Mine disaster - 1968 explosion in West Virginia that killed 78 miners and caused changes in mine safety legislation. Sago Mine disaster - 2006 explosion in West Virginia that killed 12 ...

9. List of West Virginia state agencies - Wikipedia

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   West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training; ... West Virginia Division of Mining and Reclamation; West Virginia Division of Water and Waste Management;