WYOMING COUNTY, W. Va. — A West Virginia coal miner died Thursday morning in the state’s first fatal mine accident of 2024. The accident happened around 8:42 a.m. at the Coal Mountain No. 1 Surface ...
WVU undergraduate student Jacob Horner (left) and masters students Amelia Echard and Paubla Gallego test augmented reality systems designed to provide safety trainings to coal miners. Augmented ...
To keep miners safe, a West Virginia University researcher is creating a training program that uses augmented reality headsets to prepare workers to operate around high-risk vehicles. “Powered haulage ...