by admin | Apr 16, 2015 | DOL, MSHA
The Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released preliminary data for calendar year 2014 and updated its Mine Safety and Health at a Glance web page. The charts include information on inspections, violations, number of mines...
by admin | Jan 20, 2015 | DOL, MSHA
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced a final rule that will strengthen protections for miners on the working section of underground coal mines by reducing the potential for pinning, crushing or striking accidents. Since 1984, there have been...
by admin | Jan 14, 2015 | MSHA
Today, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced a final rule that will require operators of underground coal mines to equip continuous mining machines with proximity detection systems. It will be published in the Federal Register on Jan. 15 and...
by admin | Jan 6, 2015 | MSHA
Preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) indicates that 40 miners died in work-related accidents at the nation’s mines in 2014, two fewer than in the previous year. Coal mining deaths dropped...
