Tags: Administrative Law Judge
Reining in Reinstatement Claims
Sixth Circuit overrides Secretary of Labor on temporary reinstatement of terminated miners.
by Meredith A. Kapushion
Mine operators and miners familiar with the procedures for temporary reinstatement under the Mine Act may be aware of the shift in the Mine Safety and ... Read More...
Paying the Piper May Become More Difficult
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 for non significant and substantial (S&S) citations and implemented new ... Read More...
MSHA Suffers a Setback
An administrative law judge applies common sense to a decision related to truck scales and berms.
The last several years have witnessed a new aggressiveness in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) campaign to apply the berm standard found at ... Read More...
