When Arnold Dixon, 61, learned of the 41 miners trapped underground, he made it his mission to bring them to safety.

WYOMING COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – A coal miner was killed on the job Thursday morning in Wyoming County, West Virginia. According to West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s Office, the miner has been ...

Update: Virginia Coal Mine Safety Investigators released an update Friday night stating the coal miner died after being struck by falling rocks. This accident is still under investigation.

The mining group has suffered several deadly accidents this year. In May, three miners died in a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola colliery, and one was killed at the same mine in April. Two miners ...

While fatal accidents have fallen over the years ... a driver of resurgent black lung that now affects one in five coal miners in Appalachia. And the administration has been reviewing ending ...

Levies officials said the accident occurred when a moving trolley ... two days after eight coal miners lost their lives inside a collapsed mine in the Sanjdi area of Quetta due to methane gas ...

(Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada) Underground, Cape Breton coal miners like Matthius "Tius" Tutty worked in dangerous, primitive conditions. "I had a lot of accidents. Theres no ...