MSHA announces results of the month’s impact inspections
As of June 2014, violations per inspection hour at U.S. mines were down 19 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), in its monthly impact inspections report.
Significant & substantial violations were down 27 percent, unwarrantable failures were down 53 percent and lost-time injury rates were down 9 percent.