Regulatory
MSHA Alert: Drill Safety
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released an accident prevention alert following a recent injury. The incident involved ... Read More...
MSHA Alert: Conveyor Safety
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released the investigation report on an April 27, 2013, fatality at a ... Read More...
A Flagrant Foul
Review Commission issues a troubling decision on “repeated flagrant” violations.
By Arthur Wolfson
The Federal Mine Safety Review Commission recently issued a ... Read More...
MSHA Alert: Blast Safety
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released the investigation report on a March 27, 2013, fatality at a ... Read More...
GUEST BLOG: Byrd Mine Safety Act: Different...
Adele Abrams, Esp., CMSP
It's Ba-ack! On March 17, Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) and 17 other democratic co-sponsors introduced HR ... Read More...
Preservation of Evidence
A litigation hold requires parties to preserve evidence relevant to a legal dispute.
By Meredith A. Kapushion
Mine operators are familiar with ... Read More...
MSHA Alert: Dozer safety
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released the investigation report on a Sept. 26, 2012, fatality at a construction ... Read More...
MSHA says inspections have made mines safer
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 245 citations and 13 orders ... Read More...
Center for Mining Safety and Health...
The new Center for Mining Safety and Health Excellence, associated with the University of Utah’s Department of Mining Engineering in the College ... Read More...
The Pattern of Violation Rule
Is it more effective enforcement or simply another regulatory morass?
by Laura E. Beverage and Michelle Witter
On Jan. 17, 2013, the ... Read More...
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