Tags: Joseph A. Main
Keep Safety in Mind
by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief
tdunphy@randallreilly.com
According to data released by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 2012 had the lowest fatality rate in the history of U.S. mining, with 0.0107 deaths per 200,000 hours worked and a reportable injury rate of ... Read More...
Compliance with proper equipment guarding
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration develops a guide to help producers abide by industry rules and protect against guarding-related violations.
By Tina Grady ... Read More...
Main Highlights MSHA Milestones
During a recent conversation with Joe Main, he touted MSHA’s work with aggregate associations to bring about safety improvements.
By Kerry Clines, Senior Editor
Joseph A. Main, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), has been ... Read More...
One-on-one with MSHA’s Joe Main
I had an interesting conversation with MSHA's Joe Main. He spoke extensively about the progress MSHA has made in regard to consistency training for field inspectors and touted the progress made through MSHA's partnerships with the NSSGA and state aggregate ... Read More...
More Rules to Live By
MSHA announces the third phase of its ‘Rules to Live By’ initiative.
On Jan. 31, 2012, Assistant Secretary Joseph A. Main announced the launch of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) third phase of its “Rules to Live By” initiatives, ... Read More...
MSHA reorganizes to centralize oversight of assessments, accountability programs
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced a reorganization designed to centralize its oversight of certain cross-cutting, compliance-related actions. MSHA's Office of Assessments, Accountability, Special Enforcement, and Investigations will ... Read More...
MSHA June impact inspections: 194 citations issued
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) revealed on July 28 that federal inspectors issued 194 citations, orders, and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal mines and two metal/non-metal mines during the month of June.
The coal mines ... Read More...
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Small Mine Office
MSHA’s Joe Main talks about mine safety and his vision for the Small Mine Office.
By Kerry Clines, Senior Editor
Small mines make up about 50 percent of all mines in the United States. According to the Mine Safety and ... Read More...
MSHA: Upper Big Branch mine explosion one-year later
One the one-year anniversary of the coal mine explosion — April 5 — that claimed 29 lives at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health, issued the ... Read More...
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Overall mining deaths up in 2010
NSSGA: ‘We cannot rest until fatalities among aggregates workers reach and are sustained at zero.”
by Tina Grady Barbaccia, News and Digital Editor
Mining fatalities in the United States increased in 2010, following a year marked by ... Read More...
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MSHA Ramps Up Exposure Monitoring
The details of the added enforcement remain somewhat vague, but NSSGA is upgrading its efforts to help operations comply with the new standards.
By Tina Grady Barbaccia, News and Digital Editor
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) ... Read More...
MSHA issues 250 citations in special impact inspections
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) federal inspectors issued 250 citations, orders and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal and 10 metal/non-metal mine operations in November, the government agency announced on Dec. 21.
These inspections, which began in ... Read More...
