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MSHA audits uncover injury, illness underreporting at Kentucky mine

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.

MSHA backs away from plan to fast-track mine safety rule

September 1, 2011

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.

MSHA: Two mine violators backslide after earlier improvements

Regaining PPOV status is unprecedented

August 29, 2011

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).

Coal mine co. hit with $900,000+ in fines

Judge upholds penalties for "flagrant" violations

August 22, 2011

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.

Experts share info at mine safety summit

"Preparation is the key"

August 8, 2011

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.

Angry over heads up, MSHA takes CAM Mining to court (7/19)

Miners may have been smoking underground

July 19, 2011

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, MSHA to hold live web chats next week (7/7)

July 12, 2011

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.