The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued issued 107 citations and one order during special impact inspections conducted at 17 coal mines and one metal and nonmetal mine in April.
Begun in force in April 2010, the monthly inspections involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns.
Click here for: MSHA link to spreadsheet (pdf).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 188 citations and two orders as a result of special impact inspections conducted at 13 coal mines and seven metal and nonmetal mines in March.
Begun in force in April 2010, the monthly inspections involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns.
Click here for: MSHA link to spreadsheet (pdf).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 195 citations and 15 orders during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal mines and five metal and nonmetal mines in February.
Begun in force in April 2010, the monthly inspections involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns.
Click here for: MSHA link to spreadsheet (pdf).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 176 citations, eight orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at 13 coal mines and three metal and nonmetal mines in January.
Begun in force in April 2010, the monthly inspections involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns.
Click here for: MSHA link to spreadsheet (pdf).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 195 citations and 15 orders during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal mines and five metal and nonmetal mines in February.
Begun in force in April 2010, the monthly inspections involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns.
Click here for: MSHA link to spreadsheet (pdf).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 199 citations and 19 orders during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and six metal and nonmetal mines in November.
The monthly inspections, which began in force in April 2010, involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns.
Click here for: MSHA link to spreadsheet (pdf).
December 6th is #NationalMinersDay designated by Congress in 2009 as a day to recognize and honor the contributions and sacrifices of our nation’s miners – past, present and future.
Did you know that the U.S. has nearly 375,000 miners working in almost 14,000 mines? Our nation’s miners extract nearly 100 types of minerals from the ground, which are used to heat our homes, carry electricity, build bridges, keep highways clear in winter, and provide the raw materials for hundreds of products – from computers to cosmetics to cooking utensils.
Join us in thanking our nation’s miners for their extraordinary contributions and sacrifices.
➨ Learn more: www.msha.gov/minersday
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 127 citations and six orders during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal mines in October.
The monthly inspections, which began in force in April 2010 after the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns.
Since April 2010, MSHA has conducted 835 impact inspections and issued 13,267 citations, 1,200 orders and 55 safeguards.
Click here for: MSHA link to spreadsheet (pdf).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 192 citations, five orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal and four metal and nonmetal mines in September.
The monthly inspections, which began in force in April 2010 following the death of 29 miners in the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns, including evidence of a mine’s failure to control respirable dust and operator tactics to prevent MSHA from finding violations.
Click here for: MSHA link to spreadsheet (pdf).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 131 citations and 11 orders during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal mines in August.
The monthly inspections, which began in force in April 2010 following the death of 29 miners in the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns, including evidence of a mine’s failure to control respirable dust and operator tactics to prevent MSHA from finding violations. The August 2014 impact inspections included examples where MSHA found both.
Click here for: MSHA report with link to spreadsheet (pdf).