The newly appointed Acting Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health has no background in mine safety and health – something which a union representing thousands of U.S. miners finds “troubling.”
Wayne Palmer, who will helm the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), has served as senior White House advisor in the Trump administration and as chief of staff to Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) and legislative director to Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio).