- April 2012
On April 1, 2012, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) launched phase three of its "Rules to Live By" campaign, which now includes six additional standards for metal/non-metal mines ...
- April 2012
The run of bad cases that has resulted in expanding the universe of individuals who can be civilly fined (and criminally prosecuted) as “agents of management” has continued, in a ...
- March 2012
A few new developments suggest that Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) civil penalties — which increased enormously starting in 2007 when MSHA’s final rule eliminated the “single penalty” fine ...
- January 2012
On Jan. 20, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its “Fall 2011” semi-annual regulatory agenda, covering the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and Occupational Safety and Health ...
- January 2012
With the New Year comes a new round of legislative proposals affecting mine safety and health. Although legislative action was limited in 2011 largely to oversight hearings concerning the Occupation ...
- December 2011
A stunning ruling from an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) on Nov. 28, 2011, has undercut
the legitimacy of the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) use of “flagrant penalties” against mine ...
- November 2011
Unit Rig mining trucks have ‘market compatibility’ with the existing Cat product line.
- November 2011
It seems that at least several times a month, I am asked by small mine operators if they win a case whether they are entitled to recover their attorney fees ...
- August 2011
by Adele L. Abrams, president of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C.
One of the more frustrating legal issues confronting those in the mining industry has been the application ...
- August 2011
by Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
On June 10, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, overruled the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) in the case of Performance ...
