MSHA backs away from plan to fast-track mine safety rule
Mine safety advocates are crying foul over the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) decision to downshift in its drive toward a rule that would require safety devices on hazardous mining machines.
Instead of issuing an emergency temporary standard – as it had originally planned to -- the MSHA announced in yesterday’s Federal Register it would propose a rule, in order to allow for public comment prior to implementation.