4th operation to be placed on potential pattern of violations status
October 14, 2011
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has placed Dennis Creg Yonts' Mine No. 2 in Letcher County, Ky., operated by Vision Coal, on potential pattern of violations status based on data gathered during agency audits.
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.
Although they made improvements after being cited for violations last year, two mines in Tennessee and West Virginia are no longer making a good faith effort to eliminate violations, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
Nearly a million dollars in penalties levied against a mine operator by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) have been upheld by an administrative law judge with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
Dozens of mine safety professionals shared ideas on mine emergency rescue and response during last month’s Mine Safety and Emergency Management Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
After someone gave a foreman at CAM Mining LLC’s Mine No. 28 in Kentucky advance notice of an inspection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) took the company to court and got an order prohibiting it from doing so again in the future.
OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) are among the federal agencies that will hold live web chats next week to discuss their regulatory agendas.