U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) joined U.S. Secretary of Labor, Alexander Acosta, for a mine safety tour of ICG Beckley LLC’s Pocahontas Beckley underground mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Officials from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), which is an agency within the U.S.Department of Labor, also participated in the mine safety tour.
Touring a West Virginia underground coal mine with Senators Manchin and Capito gives me a firsthand appreciation for the dedication of the men and women who work in the more than 13,000 mines around the United States,†said Secretary Acosta. Pocahontas Beckley mine employs about 170 people, and in 2016, produced 982,725 short tons of bituminous coal. ICG Beckley LLC is a subsidiary of Arch Coal Inc.