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Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010 clears committee on party-line vote most surface mines and non-gassy metalnonmetal mines excluded

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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July 29 2010

The Robert C. Byrd Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010 (Miner Act of 2010) will go to the full House for a vote after passing out of the House Committee on Education and Labor on July 21

Miner Act 2010?

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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July 15 2010

The House Education and Labor Committee, chaired by Representative George Miller of California, recently drafted a bill (H.R. 5663) entitled the “Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010.”

MSHAOSHA report: safety and health enforcement developments

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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May 18 2011

An issue that has been floating around recently has to do with assertions by certain inspectors to the effect that hourly employees at metal nonmetal mines who perform workplace examinations as "competent persons designated by the operator" are "agents" of the operator

Air contaminant survey requirements

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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March 10 2011

Comprehensive inspections will increasingly focus on "identifying and controlling health hazards," particularly in connection with the requirements of 30 CFR Parts 5657

Workplace examinations

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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March 10 2011

It is not a requirement that metalnon-metal mine operators record conditions found during workplace examinations

OSHA takes aim at the primary metals industry

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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June 16 2011

This month, OSHA released a National Emphasis Program (NEP) directed at reducing injuries and illness rates for workers at metal foundries, furnaces and smelters

Call for public hearings for accident investigations subpoena power

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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November 22 2011

The UMWA is calling for MSHA to conduct public hearings after accidents which would represent a significant change in agency procedure

Call for felony prosecution power for MSHA violations

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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November 22 2011

In a floor speech on November 2, 2011, Representative George Miller (D-CA), a leading advocate of new and tougher mine safety legislation, argued to Congress that the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act should be changed to allow mine safety violations to be prosecuted as felonies

MSHA update

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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July 28 2011

New issues have prompted noteworthy rulings by administrative law judges

Issues of fairness with regular and special assessments review

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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October 26 2011

By law, civil penalties can become final only when approved by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission