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The details of the new emergency temporary standards enforced by the Mine Safety and Health Administration are presented.

Coal mining is an essential industry, so miners are working during this global pandemic. Weeks ago, the mining industry identified and then implemented a wide range of measures to protect [...]

The liability of a mine operator for violations of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Tact of 1977 that are committed by independent contractors performing services or construction at the […]

The company structure may change, but the Mine Safety and Health Administration has a long memory when it comes to repeated violations of the same standard. That is the take-away [...]

On March 22, the Mine Safety and Health Administration published its final rule establishing new penalties for unwarrantable failure and 'flagrant' violations. The effective date of the penalties is April [...]

As the Mine Safety and Health Administration readies itself to enforce new, heightened penalty systems in 2007, many mine operators are planning to file more Notices of Contest. The contest [...]

Senate Environment Committee leaders James Inhofe (R-Okla) and Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) have plotted a new Equity Bonus plan for highway funding as a component of the next transportation funding bill. [...]

Question: When does a $60 civil penalty from MSHA become $1,000? Answer: When MSHA says you have an 'excessive history' of violations, this is exactly what can happen. A mine [...]

A Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) final rule designed to reduce injuries and illnesses related to chemicals in the mining industry appears in the Federal Register. The Hazard Communication [...]

An article by National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health in the September, 2001 edition of Mining Engineering magazine(http://me.smenet.org/200109/html/minh0l09_45.cfm?CFID=603599 &CFTOKEN=48483370) concludes that diesel particulate matter levels in mines can indeed [...]

While OSHA regulations are specific with regard to fall protection, MSHA regulations are not as clearly defined, says Robert Babin, product manager for Fall Protection Systems. MSHA-cited violations for fall [...]

A final rule, which revises the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) pattern of violations regulation in 30 Code of Federal Regulations Part 104, has been submitted to the Federal [...]

For the first time since its new Pattern of Violations (POV) rule took effect in March, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced in October that it placed three [...]

Safety-conscious mine operators train their employees to report potential hazards. Yet, such reports can sometimes lead to one of the most contentious and sensitive issues mine operators have to handle: [...]

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has reorganized its training arm to give it more flexibility and coordination of mine safety and training efforts. The changes will allow education and training specialists to provide their expertise to areas that are outside their home districts and are identified by the agency to have health and safety problems. MSHA training specialists in the coal and metal/nonmetal enforcement districts are required to report to the agency's Educational Policy and Development head.

Mine supervisors have the responsibility of providing a safe and healthy environment for other employees. They must not take their position as a powerful tool that allows them to control and discriminate other employees and thus violate the law. They should rather be aware and act immediately on safety complaints and requests to prevent legal cases against violations of occupational safety and health standards. The Mine Safety and Health Administration is a government agency that handles employee safety complaints in the quarrying industry., Some years ago, I was involved in a case where an employee asked for a helper to tend a life line while he entered a confined space. The foreman agreed [...]

Third party liability covers accidents that involve non-employees hired by a company on contractual basis. In a lawsuit involving an explosive vendor representative and a mining operation company, the Mine Safety and Health Administration determined that the company was liable for the accident that injured the representative. To avoid having to pay for this liability, quarry operators have to inform contractors about operational hazards, make sure that the contractor is properly trained and qualified and have to separate the contractor's work from that of their own., If your company engages an independent contractor to make electrical repairs at your quarry, you expect the contractor to be responsible for the actions of its employees. In particular; you [...]