Lexology PRO | USA | 6 Dec 2022
Congress votes to impose an agreement to avoid a rail strike, the Treasury Department releases Inflation Reduction Act wage and apprentice guidance, and OSHA targets industrial vehicle injuries – plus other key updates.
Fisher Phillips | USA | 4 Mar 2020
As the current administration continues with its purported deregulatory agenda, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is struggling for an…
Fisher Phillips | USA | 14 Feb 2020
The federal agency overseeing Mine Safety and health has been undergoing a bit of a transformation over the past several years, and employers can…
Fisher Phillips | USA | 22 Jan 2020
No penalty is a good penalty, but many Department of Labor fines just got worse - including those that can be assessed against mining employers. The…
Fisher Phillips | USA | 7 Jan 2020
During the final months of 2019, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) advised the mining community that it would pay attention to…
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 27 Sep 2019
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced today that it would hold a public meeting on its recent Request…
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 20 Dec 2018
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently named Deputy Administrator for Coal Mine Safety and Health Timothy R. Watkins to fill the…
Conn Maciel Carey LLP | USA | 12 Nov 2018
On November 7, 2018, Nick Scala of Conn Maciel Carey’s national MSHA Practice, presented a webinar which covered Unwarrantable Failures: Evaluation of…
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 17 Oct 2018
On October 16, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) conducted a quarterly stakeholder conference call. Among the topics highlighted…
Seyfarth Shaw LLP | USA | 9 Oct 2018
The Sixth Circuit recently upheld an administrative decision in favor of a miner’s whistleblower complaint, further underscoring…