SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - Operators of the Crandall Canyon Mine engaged in risky "retreat mining," causing a coal blast that trapped and killed six miners, and three rescuers also were killed and six ...

The method of mining used at the Utah mine that collapsed Monday, trapping six miners, has a history of being disproportionately deadly, according to federal safety studies. The Crandall Canyon mine ...

As frustration mounts over the slow pace of the digging to free six trapped miners, more questions arose Tuesday about whether risky mining methods may have left parts of the coal mine dangerously ...

Following the multiple tragedies unfolding at the Crandall Canyon coal mine in Utah, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is reminding mine operators and mine workers that ...

Layers of rock overhead rumble like thunder, dirt and pebbles rain down. What is a miner to do? "You run for your life," said Tim Miller, who toiled in Kentucky's mines for more than two decades.

WHARTON, W.Va. - The two workers killed in an underground coal mine were performing a risky method known as retreat mining, where the roof is intentionally collapsed to retrieve more coal. Retreat ...

As frustration mounts over the slow pace of the digging to free six trapped miners, more questions arose Tuesday about whether risky mining methods may have left parts of the coal mine dangerously ...

Several coal miners, including at least one of the six men trapped in the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah, expressed concern about dangers underground before the August 6 cave-in. More than week after ...